The Prisoner of Zenda (1952)

Rudolf Rassendyll: I know my clothes are a little conservative, but we English always dress as if we're going to a funeral when we're on a holiday.

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Rudolf Rassendyll: [having difficulty putting on the King's ring] I hope the crown's a better fit.

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Rupert of Hentzau: I'm glad you stopped lying to me. I hate being lied to by women. They never did before. I always lied to them.

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This version's music score is an adaptation of the one composed by Alfred Newman for the 1937 version.
The Ruritanian Royal Train seen briefly as Rassendyl and the others travel to Strelsau for the coronation is stock footage of the Salzkammergut Lokalbahn, a narrow-gauge railway in the Salzburg area of Austria, that closed in 1957.
The original New York production of The Prisoner of Zenda opened at the Lyceum Theater on September 4, 1895.
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