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Errol Flynn stars in this superb piece of Hollywood magic. Claude Rains (Renault in Casablanca) plays the evil Earl of Hertford. Flynn s real life drinking pal Alan Hale is the Captain of the guard. Eric Portman, Barton MacLane, Montagu Love and a host of classic Hollywood screen supporting stars are in this adaptation of Huckleberry Finn author Mark Twain s story of two boys the long-awaited male heir to the throne of England, Edward Tudor, son of Henry VIII the other Tom Canty, the unloved son of a beggar and thief. Coincidentally, Tom Canty and Edward Tudor were born in London on the same day. Canty an impoverished street Urchin, Edward Tudor the heir to the throne of England played by the Mauch twins (Billy and Bobby) who change clothes and identities in this magnificent cinema portrayal of the England in the time of Henry the Eighth. The street scenes in particular are alive with magnificent detail. Flynn plays the King s rescuer Miles Hendon some two years after he portrayed Robin Hood with Hale as Little John. This is a tale of changed identities, a morality play containing some of the screen s greatest moments providing great family viewing.
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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Mono ), SPECIAL FEATURES: Black & White, Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: Errol Flynn stars in this superb piece of Hollywood magic. Claude Rains (Renault in Casablanca) plays the evil Earl of Hertford. Flynn's real life drinking pal Alan Hale is the Captain of the guard. Eric Portman, Barton MacLane, Montagu Love and a host of classic Hollywood screen supporting stars are in this adaptation of Huckleberry Finn author Mark Twain's story of two boys the long-awaited male heir to the throne of England, Edward Tudor, son of Henry VIII the other Tom Canty, the unloved son of a beggar and thief. Coincidentally, Tom Canty and Edward Tudor were born in London on the same day. Canty an impoverished street Urchin, Edward Tudor the heir to the throne of England played by the Mauch twins (Billy and Bobby) who change clothes and identities in this magnificent cinema portrayal of the England in the time of Henry the Eighth. The street scenes in particular are alive with magnificent detail. Flynn plays the King's rescuer Miles Hendon some two years after he portrayed Robin Hood with Hale as Little John. This is a tale of changed identities, a morality play containing some of the screen's greatest moments providing great family viewing. ...The Prince and the Pauper (1937) ( The Prince & the Pauper )
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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Be warned that the transfer is poor quality. It's plainly from an American transfer, as there is jerky motion on panning caused by the conversion from 24 to 60 to 25fps, and the line structure is clearly visible. The contrast is poor, so that the whole thing looks mirky. The opening is clipped, missing the Warner logo and fading in Korngold's music a couple of bars in. The sound is acceptable but fairly muffled.
Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be much choice - the only other one listed is a Korean import which may or may not be any better.
Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be much choice - the only other one listed is a Korean import which may or may not be any better.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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On paper it's hard to understand why the 1937 version of The Prince and the Pauper isn't better remembered today - lavishly filmed by Warner Bros. at their peak with Errol Flynn, Claude Rains and Alan Hale starring, Erich Wolfgang Korngold scoring and Sol Polito lighting for their Robin Hood co-director William Keighley (with help from an uncredited William Dieterle when he fell ill) with a literate and witty script and a real pair of identical twins (Billy and Bobby Mauch) who can act as well as the script demands, it should be an absolute winner but instead has to settle for entertaining but a little disappointing considering the talent involved. Part of the problem seems to be that 'lyrical' pacing that got Keighley replaced by Michael Curtiz on the Sherwood Forest gig - he's so in love with the scenes in the palace that the film's nearly half over before the Prince suddenly finds himself a Pauper and Errol Flynn enters the fray as his impoverished but stylish accidental protector. Indeed, despite his top-billing, Flynn's a minor supporting player here, all but disappearing from the film's finale as things threaten to draw to a standstill with what must be the longest coronation scene in screen history - nearly two reels, apparently designed to cash-in on the massive international publicity surrounding King George IV of Great Britain's coronation the week after the film opened.
At times the film feels both over-written - albeit entertainingly so, with some elegant verbal barbs - and under-plotted, lingering so long in court with the long time a-dyin' Henry VIII (Montagu Love) that it has to race through much of the Prince's rude awakening to life in the kingdom his double has inherited. Yet if it wastes its star for much of its running time, there's some choice-cut villainy from Claude Rains' would-be Lord Protector and Alan Hale's villainous Captain of the Palace Guard, here Flynn's enemy rather than his sidekick, and there are some interesting political machinations and a rare emphasis on the religious divisions of the time. It may be a couple of rewrites and some tighter editing away from a classic, but it's still one of the more entertaining versions of Twain's tale and works well enough for most of its two hours.
A word of warning - try to find Warner Home Video's Region 1 NTSC transfer, which boasts fine print quality and the original theatrical trailer, or their French PAL release (available from Amazon.fr as Le Prince et le Pauvre) rather than Cornerstone's dubious Public Domain release which has a typically poor standards conversion transfer.
At times the film feels both over-written - albeit entertainingly so, with some elegant verbal barbs - and under-plotted, lingering so long in court with the long time a-dyin' Henry VIII (Montagu Love) that it has to race through much of the Prince's rude awakening to life in the kingdom his double has inherited. Yet if it wastes its star for much of its running time, there's some choice-cut villainy from Claude Rains' would-be Lord Protector and Alan Hale's villainous Captain of the Palace Guard, here Flynn's enemy rather than his sidekick, and there are some interesting political machinations and a rare emphasis on the religious divisions of the time. It may be a couple of rewrites and some tighter editing away from a classic, but it's still one of the more entertaining versions of Twain's tale and works well enough for most of its two hours.
A word of warning - try to find Warner Home Video's Region 1 NTSC transfer, which boasts fine print quality and the original theatrical trailer, or their French PAL release (available from Amazon.fr as Le Prince et le Pauvre) rather than Cornerstone's dubious Public Domain release which has a typically poor standards conversion transfer.
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this film has great promise but the fact that there isn't enough of errol flynn, makes "the prince and the pauper" a disappointment. flynn is relegated to supporting actor, he doesn't appear until about 51 minutes into the film, he keeps disappearing there after and he is still given top billing!
thank goodness there's claude rains and alan hale to keep the film afloat: they are brilliant as the villians. it makes for a change to see alan hale in a different type of character.
the sets and costumes are very good but this isn't much compensation, sadly.
thank goodness there's claude rains and alan hale to keep the film afloat: they are brilliant as the villians. it makes for a change to see alan hale in a different type of character.
the sets and costumes are very good but this isn't much compensation, sadly.
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In the product details, on Amazon, were mentioned "English subtitles", but that's NOT true. No subtitles at all on the films. This is unfair and uncorrect.
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