1937 film The Prince and the Pauper

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The 1937 film "The Prince and the Pauper" is a black-and-white adventure drama based on Mark Twain’s novel, featuring Errol Flynn and the Mauch twins in a story of mistaken identity between a young prince and a poor look-alike.

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instanceOf adventure film
black-and-white film
drama film
film
authorOfSourceWork Mark Twain
basedOn The Prince and the Pauper
surface form: The Prince and the Pauper (novel)
characterPortrayedBy Earl of Hertford – Claude Rains
Errol Flynn
surface form: Miles Hendon – Errol Flynn

Prince Edward – Bobby Mauch
Tom Canty
surface form: Tom Canty – Billy Mauch
cinematographyBy Sol Polito
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director William Keighley
distributedBy Warner Bros. Pictures
surface form: Warner Bros.
editedBy Ralph Dawson
featuresRole Miles Hendon
format black-and-white
genre adventure
drama
hasTwinActors Mauch twins
language English
mainCharacter Prince Edward
Tom Canty
musicBy Erich Wolfgang Korngold
narrativeTheme identity swap
royalty and poverty
social class contrast
portrays life of the poor in Tudor London
royal court of England
story of mistaken identity
producer Hal B. Wallis
Henry Blanke
productionCompany Warner Bros. Pictures
surface form: Warner Bros.
releaseDate 1937-05-08
releaseYear 1937
runtimeMinutes 118
screenwriter Laird Doyle
setIn England
setInPeriod Tudor era
starred Alan Hale Sr.
Barton MacLane
Billy Mauch
Billy Mauch
surface form: Bobby Mauch

Claude Rains
Errol Flynn
Halliwell Hobbes
Henry Stephenson
timePeriodOfStory 16th century

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The Prince and the Pauper notableAdaptation 1937 film The Prince and the Pauper
Mauch twins notableWork 1937 film The Prince and the Pauper
this entity surface form: The Prince and the Pauper (1937 film)
Mauch twins notableWork 1937 film The Prince and the Pauper
subject surface form: Billy Mauch
this entity surface form: The Prince and the Pauper (1937 film)
Mauch twins notableWork 1937 film The Prince and the Pauper
subject surface form: Bobby Mauch
this entity surface form: The Prince and the Pauper (1937 film)
Prince Edward – Bobby Mauch appearsIn 1937 film The Prince and the Pauper
this entity surface form: The Prince and the Pauper (1937 film)
Sol Polito workedOn 1937 film The Prince and the Pauper
this entity surface form: The Prince and the Pauper (1937 film)
Billy Mauch notableWork 1937 film The Prince and the Pauper
this entity surface form: The Prince and the Pauper (1937 film)
William Keighley notableWork 1937 film The Prince and the Pauper
this entity surface form: The Prince and the Pauper
Roger Allers workedOn 1937 film The Prince and the Pauper
this entity surface form: The Prince and the Pauper
Bobby Mauch notableWork 1937 film The Prince and the Pauper
this entity surface form: The Prince and the Pauper