''Prince of Arcadia'' is a 1933 British
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directed by
Hanns Schwarz
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and starring
Carl Brisson
Carl Brisson (24 December 1893 – 25 September 1958), born Carl Frederik Ejnar Pedersen, was a Danish film actor and singer. He appeared in 13 films between 1918 and 1935, including two silent films directed by Alfred Hitchcock. In the 1934 ...
,
Margot Grahame
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,
Ida Lupino
Ida Lupino (4 February 1918Recorded in ''Births Mar 1918'' Camberwell Vol. 1d, p. 1019 (Free BMD). Transcribed as "Lupine" in the official births index – 3 August 1995) was an English-American actress, singer, director, writer, and producer. T ...
and
Peter Gawthorne
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. The screenplay concerns a
Ruritania
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n Prince who is due to marry a princess with acting ambitions, but has fallen in love with another woman.
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/ref> It is a remake of the 1932 German film ''The Prince of Arcadia
''The Prince of Arcadia'' (German: ''Der Prinz von Arkadien'') is a 1932 Austrian-German romance film directed by Karl Hartl and starring Willi Forst, Liane Haid and Hedwig Bleibtreu. It was shot at the Sievering Studios of Sascha Film in Vienn ...
''.
It was shot at Walton Studios
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Andrew Mazzei
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.
Cast
* Carl Brisson
Carl Brisson (24 December 1893 – 25 September 1958), born Carl Frederik Ejnar Pedersen, was a Danish film actor and singer. He appeared in 13 films between 1918 and 1935, including two silent films directed by Alfred Hitchcock. In the 1934 ...
as Prince Peter
* Margot Grahame
Margot Grahame (born Margaret Clark; 20 February 1911 – 1 January 1982) was an English actress most noted for starring in '' The Informer'' (1935) and ''The Three Musketeers'' (1935). She started acting in 1930 and made her last screen app ...
as Mirana
* Ida Lupino
Ida Lupino (4 February 1918Recorded in ''Births Mar 1918'' Camberwell Vol. 1d, p. 1019 (Free BMD). Transcribed as "Lupine" in the official births index – 3 August 1995) was an English-American actress, singer, director, writer, and producer. T ...
as The Princess
* Annie Esmond
Annie Esmond (27 September 1873 – 4 January 1945) was a British stage and film actress.
Esmond was born in Surrey, England. She made her stage debut in pantomime in Sheffield in 1891 and later appeared on the American as well as British stage ...
as The Queen
* Peter Gawthorne
Peter Gawthorne (1 September 1884 – 17 March 1962) was an Anglo-Irish actor, probably best known for his roles in the films of Will Hay and other popular British comedians of the 1930s and 1940s. Gawthorne was one of Britain's most called-upo ...
as Equerry
* C. Denier Warren
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Life
He was born in Chicago the son of Charles Warren ...
as Detective
See also
*''The Prince of Arcadia
''The Prince of Arcadia'' (German: ''Der Prinz von Arkadien'') is a 1932 Austrian-German romance film directed by Karl Hartl and starring Willi Forst, Liane Haid and Hedwig Bleibtreu. It was shot at the Sievering Studios of Sascha Film in Vienn ...
'' (1932)
References
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1933 films
1933 musical comedy films
British musical comedy films
Films directed by Hanns Schwarz
British remakes of German films
British black-and-white films
Films set in Europe
Films shot at Nettlefold Studios
1930s English-language films
1930s British films
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