tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post2944364940667023359..comments2024-03-28T16:17:20.965-05:00Comments on Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine: Overlooked Movies: The Prisoner of Zenda (1952) mybillcriderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-91850404526601359022017-06-20T12:47:36.566-05:002017-06-20T12:47:36.566-05:00THE PRISONER OF ZENDA was Mickey Spillane's fa...THE PRISONER OF ZENDA was Mickey Spillane's favorite book. He also loved Dumas, specifically THE THREE MUSKETEERS and THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO. Max Allan Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00867456003618637948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-4576716308194722692017-06-20T10:44:10.813-05:002017-06-20T10:44:10.813-05:00Wonderful poem. Thanks for sharing it with us.Wonderful poem. Thanks for sharing it with us.mybillcriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-70622967476066244772017-06-20T10:37:41.482-05:002017-06-20T10:37:41.482-05:00The Prisoner of Zenda
by Richard Wilbur
At the en...The Prisoner of Zenda<br />by Richard Wilbur<br /><br />At the end a<br />"The Prisoner of Zenda,"<br />The King being out of danger,<br />Stewart Granger<br />(As Rudolph Rassendyll)<br />Must swallow a bitter pill<br />By renouncing his co-star,<br />Deborah Kerr.<br /><br />It would be poor behavia <br />In him and Princess Flavia<br />Were they to put their own <br />Concerns before those of the Throne. <br />Deborah Kerr must wed<br />The King instead.<br /><br />Rassendyll turns to go.<br />Must it be so?<br />Why can't they have their cake<br />And eat it for heaven's sake?<br /><i>Please let them have it both ways,</i><br />The audience prays.<br />And yet it is hard to quarrel<br />With a plot so moral.<br /><br />One redeeming factor,<br />However, is that the actor<br />Who plays the once-dissolute King<br />(Who has learned through suffering<br />Not to drink or be mean<br />To his future Queen),<br />Far from being a stranger,<br />Is <i>also</i> Stewart Granger.SteveHLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04017186128084713758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-35581688073277651742017-06-20T09:43:55.544-05:002017-06-20T09:43:55.544-05:00I really liked this version. Coincidentally, I th...I really liked this version. Coincidentally, I think this is the one with the outtakes of a farting horse -- not that that influenced my judgment.Jerry Househttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482856733981933159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-67968254747020705032017-06-20T07:54:17.963-05:002017-06-20T07:54:17.963-05:00I remember seeing THE PRISONER OF ZENDA as a kid. ...I remember seeing THE PRISONER OF ZENDA as a kid. I miss the Old Days, too.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-68139949833440405062017-06-20T07:30:07.951-05:002017-06-20T07:30:07.951-05:00I prefer movies from the Pre-Ironic Age, too. I...I prefer movies from the Pre-Ironic Age, too. I've seen both versions of this and would also give the 1952 version a slight edge.James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-5173049557960593362017-06-20T06:48:14.493-05:002017-06-20T06:48:14.493-05:00This is the version I'm most familiar with. I...This is the version I'm most familiar with. I was never a huge Granger fan, to be honest, and I prefer him in KING SOLOMON's MINES to this, but it was fun. And I 100% agree with you about Technicolor. For '40s noir and the like, I will always choose black & white, but movies like PRISONER demand color.Jeff Meyersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00093411926030586355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-15816529453467303352017-06-20T06:32:10.005-05:002017-06-20T06:32:10.005-05:00I loved this movie as a kid. Always a big Deborah ...I loved this movie as a kid. Always a big Deborah Kerr fan. Was anyone ever as elegant again? pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.com