The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)
With Ronald Colman, Madeleine Carroll, C. Aubrey Smith, Raymond Massey, Mary Astor, David Niven, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Lewis Stone
Directed by John Cromwell, W. S. Van Dyke
The Prisoner of Zenda is a 1937 American black-and-white adventure film based on Anthony Hope's 1894 novel and the 1896 play. A lookalike impersonates his royal distant relative when the royal is kidnapped to prevent his coronation. This version is widely considered the best of the many film adaptations of the novel and play.
Synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Streaming from the Internet Archive.
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