Title Prisoner of Zenda / 1937 version: Turner Entertainment Co. ; [presented by] Selznick International ; produced by David O. Selznick ; screenplay by John L. Balderston ; adaptation by Wells Root ; additional dialogue by Donald Ogden Stewart ; directed by John Cromwell. 1952 version: Turner Entertainment Co. ; M-G-M presents a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture ; produced by Pandro S. Berman ; screenplay by John L. Balderston and Noel Langley ; adaptation by Wells Root ; directed by Richard Thorpe.

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Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2007]

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Location	Call No.	Status
Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Main Level	DVD CLASSIC FILM PRISONER	Check Shelf
Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Audio Visual	DVD PRISONER	Check Shelf
Simsbury Public Library - DVDs	DVD PRISONER DISC 1-2	Check Shelf

Description	1 videodisc (201 min.) : sound, black and white (1937), color (1952) ; 4 3/4 in.
Series	Literary classics
	Literary classics.
System Details	DVD, Region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby digital mono., dual-layer.
Note	Title from container.
Performer	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.
Credits	1937 version: photographer, James Wong Howe; musical score, Alfred Newman.
Note	Based on the novel [and Edward Rose's dramatization] by Anthony Hope.
	Originally released as motion pictures in 1937 and 1952.
Audience	Not rated.
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.
Contents	Side A: Prisoner of Zenda (1937 ; 101 min.) -- Side B: Prisoner of Zenda (1952 ; 100 min.).
Note	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.
	GMD: videorecording.
Language	Closed-captioned.
Subject	Lookalikes -- Drama.
	Kings and rulers -- Drama.
	Swordsmen -- Drama.
	Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
	Action and adventure films.
Genre/Form	Man-woman relationships in motion pictures.
	Adventure -- Feature.
	Romance -- Feature.
	Feature films -- United States.
	Feature films.
	Action and adventure films.
	Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
	Love stories.
Added Author	Selznick, David O., 1902-1965.
	Balderston, John L. (John Lloyd), 1889-1954.
	Root, Wells.
	Stewart, Donald Ogden, 1894-1980.
	Cromwell, John, 1886-1979.
	Berman, Pandro S., 1905-1996.
	Langley, Noel, 1911-1980.
	Thorpe, Richard, 1896-1991.
	Colman, Ronald, 1891-1958.
	Carroll, Madeleine, 1906-1987.
	Smith, C. Aubrey (Charles Aubrey), 1863-1948.
	Massey, Raymond.
	Astor, Mary, 1906-1987.
	Niven, David, 1910-1983.
	Fairbanks, Douglas, Jr., 1909-2000.
	Granger, Stewart, 1913-1993.
	Kerr, Deborah, 1921-2007.
	Calhern, Louis, 1895-1956.
	Greer, Jane, 1924-2001.
	Stone, Lewis, 1879-1953.
	Douglas, Robert, 1909-1999.
	Mason, James, 1909-1984.
	Rose, Edward E. (Edward Everett), 1876-1939.
	Hope, Anthony, 1863-1933. Prisoner of Zenda.
	Turner Entertainment Co.
	Selznick International Pictures.
	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
	Warner Home Video (Firm)
ISBN	1419843141
	9781419843143
Standard No.	012569795082
	012569795129
Music No.	79508 Warner Home Video

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