screen play", and suggesting that its running time could have been trimmed at the beginning so Flynn could enter the film earlier. John Mosher of The New Yorker praised the film as "a fine spectacle". Harrison's Reports called it "An excellent costume picture" with "outstanding" performances. Other works The Prince and the Pauper is a novel by Mark Twain with Edward VI of England as the central character. This fictional narrative has been adapted to film many times: The Prince and the Pauper (1909), a two-reel short that features some of the only known film footage of Mark Twain, shot by Thomas Edison at Twain's Connecticut home The Prince and the Pauper (1915), directed by Hugh Ford and Edwin Stanton Porter; the first feature-length adaptation The Prince and the Pauper (1920 film) (German: Prinz und Bettelknabe), a 1920 Austrian film directed by Alexander Korda The Prince and the Pauper (1937 film), featuring Errol Flynn as Miles Hendon and Billy and Bobby Mauch as the title characters The Prince and the Pauper (1962 film), part of Walt Disney anthology television series television series. It starred Guy Williams as Miles Hendon, and Sean Scully in the dual roles of Prince Edward and Tom Canty. The Prince and the Pauper (1977 film), released in the United States as Crossed Swords, starring Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch, Ernest Borgnine, George C. Scott, Rex Harrison, and Charlton Heston The Prince and the Pauper (1990 film), an animated short starring Mickey Mouse The Prince and the Pauper (2000 film), a television film featuring Aidan Quinn and Alan Bates A Modern Twain Story: The Prince and the Pauper a 2007 film starring Dylan and Cole Sprouse References External links 1937 films 1937 adventure films American black-and-white films Cultural depictions of Edward VI of England Cultural depictions of Lady Jane Grey Films directed by William Keighley Films directed by William Dieterle Films scored by Erich Wolfgang Korngold Films set in palaces Prince and the Pauper 1937 Prince and the Pauper 1937 American swashbuckler films Films about Henry VIII Warner Bros. films American adventure films 1930s English-language films 1930s American films