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The Prisoner of Zenda
(1913) United States of America
B&W : Four reels
Directed by Edwin S. Porter
Cast: James K. Hackett [Rudolf Rassendy; and King Rudolf of Ruritania], Beatrice Beckley [Princess Flavia], David Torrence [Duke ‘Black’ Michael], Frazer Coulter [Colonel Sapt], C.R. Randall [Fritz von Tarlenheim], Walter Hale [Rupert of Hentzau], Mina Gale Haines (Minna Gale) [Antoinette de Mauban], Sidney Barrington [Marshal Strakencz], William H. Cone [Franz Teppich], George Neville [Lorenz Teppich], Frank Young [Lord Topham], Frank Shannon [Detchard], Tom Callahan [Josef, a servant to the King], Charles Green [Johann, a servant to the King], [?] Walter Clayton or Walter Claton? [the chancellor], John E. Trevor [the cardinal], Henry Hebert [the first minister], Wilmer Damo [the second minister], Irving Williams [the French butler], Harry Hammill [one of ‘Black’ Michael’s conspirators], Anders Randolf [one of ‘Black’ Michael’s conspirators], Frank Stone [one of ‘Black’ Michael’s conspirators], Fred Turner (F.A. Turner) [a train-bearing twin], Allan Turner [a train-bearing twin]
Famous Players Film Company production; distributed on State Rights basis by [?] Famous Players Film Company? / Produced by Albert W. Hale and Adolph Zukor. Scenario by Hugh Ford, from the play adaptation The Prisoner of Zenda by Edward E. Rice of the novel The Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope (Anthony Hope Hawkins) and Edward E. Rice. Art direction by Richard Murphy. Assistant director, Hugh Ford. Music score by Joseph Carl Breil. Presented by Daniel Frohman. / Press screening, 18 February 1913 at the Lyceum Theatre in New York, New York. Released [?] 18 February? 1913. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / This was the first film produced by Famous Players to be released, but was shot after The Count of Monte Cristo (1913). Beckley was Hackett’s wife. [?] C.R. Randall may have been William R. Randall? All prints were believed to have been destroyed in a Paramount studio fire. The novel was subsequently filmed as The Prisoner of Zenda (1915).
Drama.
Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.3571.
Survival status: Prints exist in the UCLA Film and Television Archive film archive [35mm positive]; in the Library of Congress film archive (paper print collection) [35mm paper positive, 16mm acetate duplicate negative, 16mm preservation positive]; and in the George Eastman Museum film archive [35mm positive (fragments missing, continuity out-of-order)].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Imposture - Royalty
Listing updated: 12 April 2024.
References: AFI-F1 nn. F1.0810, F1.3571; Bardèche-History p. 66; Blum-Silent pp. 35, 37; Carroll-Matinee p. 77; Everson-American p. 58; Fell-History pp. 47, 50; Leyda-Before p. 61; Limbacher-Feature p. 194; Quirk-Colman p. 192; Robertson-Guinness p. 7; Robinson-Palace p. 144; Sinyard-Silent p. 16; Sklar-Movie pp. 27, 44, 55; Smith-Colman p. 200; Tarbox-Lost p. 142 : Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb; Website-IMDb : with additional information provided by Philip Carli.
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