- 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 actorEdwin Booth . The film was directed and produced by Philip Dunne from ascreenplay byMoss Hart , based on the book byEleanor Ruggles . The music score was byBernard Herrmann and thecinematography byCharles G. Clarke . The film was made inCinemaScope .The film starred
Richard Burton ,Maggie McNamara ,John Derek withRaymond Massey ,Charles Bickford ,Elizabeth Sellars andEva Le Gallienne .Cast
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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 ManagerExternal links
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