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Prisoner of Zenda [videorecording].

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 79512 | Warner Home Video110812 | Warner Home Video (set)Series: Literary classicsPublication details: Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2007]Description: 1 videodisc (201 min.) : sd., b&w and col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 1419843168 (set)
  • 9781419843167 (set)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43/75 22
LOC classification:
  • PN1995.9.A3 P7576647 2007
Contents:
Side A: Prisoner of Zenda (1937, 101 min., b&w) / Selznick International present ; screenplay by John L. Balderston ; adaptation by Wells Root ; additional dialogue by Donald Ogden Stewart ; directed by John Cromwell ; David O. Selznick -- side B. Prisoner of Zenda (1952, 100 min., col.) / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; produced by Loew's Incorporated ; screenplay by John L. Balderston and Noel Langley ; adaptation by Wells Root ; produced by Pandro S. Berman ; directed by Richard Thorpe.
Production credits:
  • 1937 version: photography, James Wong Howe; musical score, Alfred Newman; editor, James E. Newcom.
  • 1952 version: photography, Joseph Ruttenberg; music, Alfred Newman; editor, George Boemler.
1937 version: Ronald Colman, Madeleine Carroll, C. Aubrey Smith, Raymond Massey, Mary Astor, David Niven, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.1952 version: Stewart Granger, Deborah Kerr, Louis Calhern, Jane Greer, Lewis Stone, Robert Douglas, James Mason.Summary: He has the appearance and manner of the king, yet he's really a lookalike ... and on his shoulders rests all hope of foiling a blackguard's plot to usurp the throne. Adventure, pageantry and royal intrigue are forged at sword point.
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Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Video Recording Carleton University, AVRC SP456 - Collections Room DVD-03166 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 16050306060

Based on the novel by Anthony Hope and dramatization by Edward Rose.

Originally released as motion pictures in 1937 and 1952.

Special features: Side A: "Pete Smith specialty" short "Penny Wisdom;" cartoon "The Wayward Pups;" audio-only bonus radio adaptation with Ronald Colman ; Side B: "FitzPatrick Traveltalk" short "Land of the Taj Mahal;" Oscar-winning cartoon "Johann Mouse;" 1952 theatrical trailer.

Side A: Prisoner of Zenda (1937, 101 min., b&w) / Selznick International present ; screenplay by John L. Balderston ; adaptation by Wells Root ; additional dialogue by Donald Ogden Stewart ; directed by John Cromwell ; David O. Selznick -- side B. Prisoner of Zenda (1952, 100 min., col.) / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; produced by Loew's Incorporated ; screenplay by John L. Balderston and Noel Langley ; adaptation by Wells Root ; produced by Pandro S. Berman ; directed by Richard Thorpe.

Not rated.

DVD, Region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby digital mono., dual-layer.

Closed-captioned.

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