Adicionar um enredo no seu idiomaA poor boy named Tom Canty and the Prince of Wales exchange identities but events force the pair to experience each other's lives as well.A poor boy named Tom Canty and the Prince of Wales exchange identities but events force the pair to experience each other's lives as well.A poor boy named Tom Canty and the Prince of Wales exchange identities but events force the pair to experience each other's lives as well.
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- Prince Edward
- (as Bobby Mauch)
- Clemens
- (as Ivan Simpson)
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While he's in Tom's world, Prince Edward gets a good look at the horrible way the English people are forced to live because of bad laws. Eventually he meets Miles Hendon (Flynn) who saves him from Tom's wretched father. The question is, once Hendon is convinced that he's in the presence of the true King, can he get him to the coronation before the beggar is crowned? This is a wonderfully fun movie, filled with the meanest of the mean in Alan Hale as a palace guard, Barton MacLane as Tom's father, and the diabolical, unfeeling Earl. All are very convincing. The twins are delightful. As for Errol Flynn, he's as dashing and charming as ever as he wields a sword and rides a horse. A great cast and a marvelous film for the whole family. Highly recommended.
The novel by Mark Twain looked at what might have happened if the future Edward VI was swapped for a beggar boy who looked identical, and what that might mean for the (simplified) political situation on the death of his father, Henry VIII.
As Edward and the beggar, Tom Canty, identical twins Billy and Bobby Mauch are charming. Much better than the split screen versions in later remakes of the 60s and 70s. They were both good little actors as well, which helps in this story.
Claude Rains excels as the villain of the piece, while Alan Hale, Eric Portman, and others make up the cast. Flynn himself is fun as Hendon, swashbuckling with the best.
After 70 years this film has not dated one jot - highly enjoyable.
The story is an engaging one, as young Canty, inspired by his mother and a local priest to dream of a finer life than his father, an ill-tempered beggar (Barton MacLane) could provide, sneaks onto the grounds of Buckingham Palace. There, he meets young Prince Edward, who is thrilled to meet a boy his own age...and, after cleaning him up a bit, is astonished to discover that the pair could pass as twins. Edward decides this is a golden opportunity to see what life outside the Palace is really like, so, against Canty's misgivings, the two exchange clothing, and the Prince leaves...creating far more of an uproar than either boy could ever imagine!
Canty is soon considered 'mad', as he insists he is not Edward, and the Prince, abused and ridiculed by Tom's father, is unceremoniously thrown off the Palace grounds when he attempts to return, by a disbelieving Captain of the Guards (Alan Hale, in the first of 11 films he'd make with his friend, Errol Flynn). The ambitious Earl of Hertford (the always brilliant Claude Rains) investigates Canty's claim, and realizes, after interviewing the Captain, that the boy is telling the truth, giving him a golden opportunity to seize power. Ordering the Captain to find and kill the Prince, the Earl then threatens to kill Canty if he doesn't obey his commands.
Things grow desperate for the young Prince, as he attempts to evade his murderous 'father' on the streets, until Miles Hendon (Flynn), a roguish but good-natured 'soldier-for-hire' comes to his aid. Offering his protection to the lad, Hendon thinks him a bit balmy, as well...until events (the child's obvious despair over the death of Henry VIII, the Palace search party, and a sword duel with the Captain, where Flynn KILLS Alan Hale!!!) convince him otherwise. Then it becomes a race against time to smuggle the real King into the Coronation, before Canty is crowned, and the Earl assumes "the Power behind the Throne".
Blessed with a gifted cast, including wonderful character actor Montagu Love as the dying Henry VIII, the film offers a truly exceptional film score by Erich Wolfgang Korngold (who would eventually expand the theme into a symphonic work). Audiences have always been surprised that Errol Flynn's role is not larger, but as a faithful Twain adaptation, the focus had to be on the two boys, and not on the impoverished soldier. Flynn had fun playing Hendon, and the Mauch twins were nothing less than superb as the leads.
With THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD less than a year away, and Errol Flynn's star continuing to ascend, the WB had every reason to celebrate, and THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER is a pleasure to watch, to this day!
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- CuriosidadesFreddie Bartholomew was originally considered by MGM for the central dual role in 1935. However, real-life twins Billy Mauch and Robert J. Mauch were already under contract with Warner Bros, and they got the title roles.
- Erros de gravaçãoThe coat of arms that appears at the title sequence shows two dragons holding the shield. It should instead be the lion of England at the dexter side (at the right side of the person carrying it) and the Dragon of Wales at the sinister (the left side of the person carrying it), the coat of arms used by Henry VIII (who reigned from 1509 to 1547) in the latter part of his reign. The right figure on the coat of arms is a stylized lion and not a dragon. The dragon on the left clearly has wings, scales , clawed feet and an arrow headed tale. The figure on the right has none of these. The same coat of arms is much clearer above the boy king's bed around the 1:02 mark where the dragon and lion details are not obscured.
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[Miles sits down to share the supper]
Prince Edward: Would you sit in the presence of your king?
Miles Hendon: Now, see here, my lad!
Prince Edward: I will no longer tolerate your manner.
Miles Hendon: [humoring him] I ask your pardon, your majesty, but after that chase we led them it would be good to sit down.
Prince Edward: Perhaps.
[Miles sits]
Prince Edward: No! Custom must be preserved - you will stand.
[Miles stands and then leans against the wall, getting annoyed as the prince finishes the supper]
Prince Edward: I was very hungry. Feel better now.
Miles Hendon: I'm gratified, your majesty.
Prince Edward: Come to think of it, I'm under obligation to you in many ways. Your service demands rich reward.
Miles Hendon: Oh, a mere nothing, your majesty.
Prince Edward: You may have any reward you wish... name it.
Miles Hendon: The, uh, privilege of sitting in your majesty's presence.
Prince Edward: Advance, fellow, and give me your sword.
Miles Hendon: [gives his sword to the prince] Did you find the mutton tough, sire?
Prince Edward: Kneel.
[the prince lays the sword on Miles' shoulder]
Prince Edward: While England remains - and the crown continues - you and your heirs, forever, may sit in the presence of the majesty of England.
[the prince taps the sword on Miles' shoulder]
Prince Edward: Arise, Sir Miles Hendon.
Prince Edward: For pity sake, sit down.
Miles Hendon: Thank you, your majesty.
- Cenas durante ou pós-créditosForeward: "This is not a history, but a tale of once upon a time. It may have happened. It may not have happened. But it could have happened."
- Versões alternativasAlso available in a computer colorized version.
- ConexõesFeatured in Family Classics: Family Classics: The Prince and the Pauper (1963)
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- Tempo de duração1 hora 58 minutos
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