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Ronald Colman (1937) and Stewart Granger (1952).When is a movie a sequel or just another adaptation of the same literary source? That can be a complex question, but it's not in the case of 1952's The Prisoner of Zenda. MGM's lavish costume adventure is a remake in every sense of the word. It uses th read more

It is a dark time for “The Adventures of Baby Yoda.” Second lackluster episode in as many weeks, with the show creators really thinking anyone cares about the adventures of “Mando the Mandalorian” Pedro Pascal when he’s not being an adorable dad with Baby Yoda. This episode’s director, Rick read more

Jack Lemmon and Anne Bancroft are well matched as a married couple navigating chaotic city life in The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975), Neil Simon’s adaptation of his own stage play. They both play from the soul, with a lack of artifice that enables them to express the complications of human read more

It’s the curse of a childhood watching too many reruns of Get Smart but I can’t seem to get Don Adam’s impersonation of Ronald Colman out of my head while watching The Prisoner of Zenda. There are worse curses to be stricken with though I suppose. This classic adaptation of Anthon read more

The Prisoner of Mongo title suggests, well, whoever was titling the chapters wasn’t paying attention to the actual script–much like last chapter’s title, calling the Forest People the Tree-Men–but it does indeed turn out Buster Crabbe and company will end up prisoners of Mongo. At least, of read more

O Prisioneiro de Zenda / The Prisoner of Zenda (1937) A “visão dupla” é uma das técnicas mais ricas, mais exploradas e mais comentadas na mídia filmada. Até hoje, quando um ator interpreta dois papéis em um só filme ou programa de TV, é gerada uma curiosidade e surgem alguns read more

The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936) 7/22/2016 0 Comments   I'm a bit of a history buff.  I love times past, the pathways of human endeavour and all that sort of thing, to a degree that one might describe as p read more

Movies Silently is hosting the great Swashathon celebrating sword-wielding heroes and the films that featured them dating from the 1920s through the 1960s.  The 1937 Ronald Colman classic The Prisoner of Zenda is often considered the definitive film adaptation of Anthony Hope's novel of t read more

Movies Silently is currently hosting the great Swashathon celebrating sword-wielding heroes and the films that featured them dating from the 1920s through the 1960s. This post is our contribution to the event. The 1937 Ronald Colman classic The Prisoner of Zenda is often considered the d read more

Movies Silently is currently hosting the great Swashathon celebrating sword-wielding heroes and the films that featured them dating from the 1920s through the 1960s. This post is our contribution to the event. The 1937 Ronald Colman classic The Prisoner of Zenda is often considered the d read more

Welcome back! It’s Saturday morning again which means it’s Saturday Breakfast Serial Time! This week, it’s Chapter Two of Dick Tracy vs Crime Inc. (You can find Chapter One here.) A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about the transition of serials from silent to sound, a transition whic read more

Like most biographical and historical movies, The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936) takes liberties with its source material, but for the most part it does so in the service of a more compelling narrative. The film's director, John Ford, has always been associated with a certain kind of romanticized h read more

Like most biographical and historical movies, The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936) takes liberties with its source material, but for the most part it does so in the service of a more compelling narrative. The film's director, John Ford, has always been associated with a certain kind of romanticized h read more

Like most biographical and historical movies, The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936) takes liberties with its source material, but for the most part it does so in the service of a more compelling narrative. The film's director, John Ford, has always been associated with a certain kind of romanticized h read more

By Fritzi Kramer on August 16, 2014 in Blog, Silent Movie Trivia Click to view in lightbox Here’s my second-ever silent movie trivia card with an intriguing tidbit from the 1922 swashbuckling adventure, The Prisoner of Zenda. If the title sounds familiar, it is because it has been famously fi read more

(via Silent Hollywood) Buckles get swashed in a lavish manner. Lewis Stone plays an Englishman who must take his look-alike cousin’s place in order to save the throne, etc. etc. Ramon Novarro steals the show as a deranged dandy. Has fine passages but also has some incredibly boring stretches. read more

The Prisoner of Zenda Directed by John Cromwell Written by John Balderston, Edward E. Rose et al based on the novel by Anthony Hope 1937/USA Selznick International Pictures First viewing Princess Flavia: Almost beyond recognition. You seem to be an entirely different person. Before I get started, I read more

The Prisoner of Shark Island  Directed by John Ford Screenplay by Nunnally Johnson 1936/USA Darryl F. Zanuck Productions/Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation First viewing   This historical drama contains some masterful direction by John Ford and a solid perfomance by Warner Baxter. According read more

Rudolf (Lewis Stone) is an Englishman on holiday in the unstable European kingdom of Ruritania. It turns out that he is a dead ringer for the soon-to-be-crowned king (also Lewis Stone). This comes in handy when the king is kidnapped by his evil brother and Rudolf must take his place to save the ki read more

Gibson’s romantic illustrations enhance the tale… Up until now I have focused on books about silent films themselves and the men and women who made them. For a change, I am going to cover some books that inspired silent films. Let’s start with the quintessential swashbuckler, The read more