Prince of Players

Prince of Players

Infobox Film
name = Prince of Players


caption = Original film poster
director = Philip Dunne
producer = Philip Dunne
writer = Moss Hart
Eleanor Ruggles (book)
starring = Richard Burton
Maggie McNamara
John Derek
Raymond Massey
Charles Bickford
Elizabeth Sellars
Eva Le Gallienne
music = Bernard Herrmann
cinematography = Charles G. Clarke
editing = Dorothy Spencer
distributor = 20th Century Fox
released = 11 January 1955
runtime = 102 min
country = USA
awards =
language = English
budget =
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imdb_id = 0048510

"Prince of Players" is a 1955 20th Century Fox biographical film about the great 19th century American actor Edwin Booth. The film was directed and produced by Philip Dunne from a screenplay by Moss Hart, based on the book by Eleanor Ruggles. The music score was by Bernard Herrmann and the cinematography by Charles G. Clarke. The film was made in CinemaScope.

The film starred Richard Burton, Maggie McNamara, John Derek with Raymond Massey, Charles Bickford, Elizabeth Sellars and Eva Le Gallienne.

Cast

*Richard Burton - Edwin Booth
*Maggie McNamara - Mary Devlin
*John Derek - John Wilkes Booth
*Raymond Massey - Junius Brutus Booth
*Charles Bickford - Dave Prescott
*Elizabeth Sellars - Asia
*Christopher Cook - Edwin Booth at age 10
*Dayton Lummis - English Doctor
*Ian Keith - Ghost of Hamlet's Father in "Hamlet"
*Paul Stader - Laertes in "Hamlet"
*Louis Alexander - John Booth at age 12
*William Walker - Old Ben
*Charles Cane - Theater Assistant
*Mae Marsh - Witch in "Macbeth"
*Stanley Hall - Abraham Lincoln
*Sarah Padden - Mary Todd Lincoln
*Ruth Clifford - English Nurse
*Ivan Hayes - Bernardo in "Hamlet"
*Paul Frees - Francisco in "Hamlet"
*Ben Wright - Horatio in "Hamlet"
*Melinda Markey - Young Lady
*Eleanor Audley - Mrs. Montchesington
*Percival Vivian - Polonius in "Hamlet"
*George Dunn - Doorman
*Ruth Warren - Nurse
*Richard H. Cutting - Doctor
*Lane Chandler - Colonel
*Steven Darrell - Maj. Rathbone
*Tom Fadden - Trenchard
*Henry Kulky - Bartender
*Olan Soule - Catesby in "Richard III"
*Eva Le Gallienne - Queen Gertrude in "Hamlet"
*Jack Raine - Theater Manager

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