1937 film The Prince and the Pauper

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adventure film black-and-white film drama film film

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.

Aliases (2)

The Prince and the Pauper (1937 film) ×54
The Prince and the Pauper ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	adventure film → black-and-white film → drama film → film →
authorOfSourceWork	Mark Twain →
basedOn	The Prince and the Pauper (novel) →
characterPortrayedBy	Earl of Hertford – Claude Rains → Miles Hendon – Errol Flynn → Prince Edward – Bobby Mauch → Tom Canty – Billy Mauch →
cinematographyBy	Sol Polito →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
director	William Keighley →
distributedBy	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. →
releaseDate	1937-05-08 →
releaseYear	1937 →
runtimeMinutes	118 →
screenwriter	Laird Doyle →
setIn	England →
setInPeriod	Tudor era →
starred	Alan Hale Sr. → Barton MacLane → Billy Mauch → Bobby Mauch → Claude Rains → Errol Flynn → Halliwell Hobbes → Henry Stephenson →
timePeriodOfStory	16th century →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Billy Mauch ("The Prince and the Pauper (1937 film)") → Billy Mauch ("The Prince and the Pauper (1937 film)") → Bobby Mauch ("The Prince and the Pauper (1937 film)") → Mauch twins ("The Prince and the Pauper (1937 film)") → William Keighley ("The Prince and the Pauper") →	notableWork
Prince Edward – Bobby Mauch ("The Prince and the Pauper (1937 film)") →	appearsIn
The Prince and the Pauper →	notableAdaptation
Sol Polito ("The Prince and the Pauper (1937 film)") →	workedOn