Prince of Players
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| Directed by | Philip Dunne |
| Produced by | Philip Dunne |
| Written by | Moss Hart Eleanor Ruggles (book) |
| Starring | Richard Burton Maggie McNamara John Derek Raymond Massey Charles Bickford Elizabeth Sellars Eva Le Gallienne |
| Music by | Bernard Herrmann |
| Cinematography | Charles G. Clarke |
| Editing by | Dorothy Spencer |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
| Release date(s) | 11 January 1955 |
| Running time | 102 min |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
Prince of Players is a 1955 20th Century Fox biographical film about the 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.
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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 Booth
- Christopher Cook - Edwin Booth at age 10
- Dayton Lummis - English physician
- 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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