The Prisoner of Zenda (1952)

Rudolf Rassendyll: [when his life is threatened by Hentzau] Half my kingdom... for a match.

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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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Rudolf Rassendyll: I hope your trout take as much interest in me as you do. I shan't be able to land them fast enough.

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One of the changes from the 1937 version is changing the character of the Bishop to a Cardinal. Long-time MGM contract player Lewis Stone played the part. Ironically, Stone played both leads in the 1922 version of The Prisoner of Zenda.
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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