Prince of Players

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Prince of Players is a 1955 historical drama film that portrays the life and career of 19th-century American actor Edwin Booth against the backdrop of his brother John Wilkes Booth’s assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

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instanceOf film
historical drama film
basedOn Prince of Players: Edwin Booth NERFINISHED
basedOnAuthor Eleanor Ruggles NERFINISHED
cinematographyBy Charles G. Clarke NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Philip Dunne NERFINISHED
distributedBy 20th Century Fox
distributorRegion theatrical release
editedBy Barbara McLean NERFINISHED
featuresCharacter Edwin Booth NERFINISHED
John Wilkes Booth NERFINISHED
Junius Brutus Booth NERFINISHED
followsEvent assassination of Abraham Lincoln
genre biographical film
historical drama
hasColorProcess CinemaScope NERFINISHED
DeLuxe Color NERFINISHED
hasFormat color
language English
mainSubject Edwin Booth NERFINISHED
musicBy Alex North NERFINISHED
narrativeConflict aftermath of John Wilkes Booth’s assassination of Abraham Lincoln
narrativeFocus life and career of Edwin Booth
originalLanguage English
portraysHistoricalEvent assassination of Abraham Lincoln NERFINISHED
portraysHistoricalFigure Abraham Lincoln NERFINISHED
portraysOccupation stage actor
producer Sol C. Siegel NERFINISHED
productionCompany 20th Century Fox NERFINISHED
publicationDate 1955
releaseDecade 1950s American films
runtime 97 minutes
screenwriter Halsted Welles NERFINISHED
Philip Dunne NERFINISHED
setInCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
setInPeriod 19th century
starring Charles Bickford NERFINISHED
Eva Le Gallienne NERFINISHED
John Derek NERFINISHED
Maggie McNamara NERFINISHED
Raymond Massey NERFINISHED
Richard Burton NERFINISHED

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Philip Dunne directed Prince of Players
Malcolm Stuart Boylan notableWork Prince of Players