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The Prince and the Pauper
Mark Twain's Immortal Classic !
Two boys – the prince Edward and the pauper Tom – are born on the same day. Years later, when young teenage Tom sneaks into the palace garden, he meets the prince. They change clothes with one another before the guards discover them and throw out the prince thinking he's the urchin. No one believes them when they try to tell the truth about which is which. Soon after, the old king dies and the prince will inherit the throne.
- Original title
- The Prince and the Pauper
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
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Jun 20, 2022 · via TMDB
So Henry VIII finally has his beloved son - the Prince Edward whom he protects at all costs. All the walls and guards, though, don't stop the wandering urchin "Tom Canty" from getting into his apartment. The two boys chat and decide it might be a bit of fun to swap clothes as the King is throwing a fancy dress party that night. Their roles now reversed, the wrong boy now comes a cropper at the hands of his own guards and is turfed out leaving "Tom" to fill some rather luxurious britches. Despite his protestations that he's not the Prince, he isn't believed - not even by his own ailing father (Montagu Love) - a fact that the scheming Hertford (Claude Rains) plays to his full advantage when the king dies and he gets himself appointed the Lord Protector. If "Tom" thinks he's having it bad, just wait and see what the real Prince is having to deal with. Clad in rags and proclaiming his true status, everyone just thinks he's a bit bonkers. About to get a sound beating, he is saved by soldier of fortune "Miles Hendon" (Errol Flynn) who takes the boy under his wing. Initially, he's no more convinced about the tales of royalty either, but gradually he begins to believe and together they have to find a way to stop the coronation before the wrong boy is crowned and Hertford lops of the head of the Duke of Norfolk (Henry Stephenson) and rules the roost. Now, the pair have quite a few adventures and along the way the boy realises some of the iniquities of his kingdom, vowing that he will be a better king if he ever gets the chance. Will he? Flynn is on good form here but it's really the two Mauch twins - Robert is the Prince and Billy is the pauper, who steal the show. They look like they are having good fun playing their way through parts that were probably every boy's dream. Eric Portman and Alan Hale pop up now and again too and there's precisely no romance at all to clutter up the swash, buckle, duplicity and entertainment. It's one of Mark Twain's better stores, I think, and this is the best version made for the silver screen.
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Errol Flynn
Miles Hendon
Claude Rains
Earl of Hertford
Henry Stephenson
Duke of Norfolk
Barton MacLane
John Canty
Billy Mauch
Tom Canty
Alan Hale
Captain of the Guard
Eric Portman
First Lord
Leonard Willey
Third Lord
Murray Kinnell
Hugo
Halliwell Hobbes
Archbishop
Phyllis Barry
Barmaid
Ivan F. Simpson
Clemens
Montagu Love
Henry VIII
Fritz Leiber
Father Andrew
Elspeth Dudgeon
Grandmother Canty
Forrester Harvey
Meaty Man
Joan Valerie
Lady Jane Seymour
Lester Matthews
St. John
Robert Adair
First Guard
Harry Cording
Second Guard
Robert Warwick
Lord Warwick
Rex Evans
Rich Man
Holmes Herbert
First Doctor
Anne Howard
Lady Jane Grey
Lionel Braham
Ruffler
Harry Beresford
The Watch
Lionel Belmore
Innkeeper
Ian Wolfe
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John George
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Ernie Stanton
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William Keighley
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Erich Wolfgang Korngold
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May 8, 1937
