List of adaptations of The Prince and the Pauper
Mark Twain's 1881 novel The Prince and the Pauper has been adapted for the screen and television a number of times:
Film
- The Prince and the Pauper (1909), a two-reel short that features some of the only known film footage of Mark Twain, shot by Thomas Edison at Twain's Connecticut home
- The Prince and the Pauper (1915 film), directed by Hugh Ford and Edwin Stanton Porter; the first feature-length adaptation
- The Prince and the Pauper (1920 film) (German: Prinz und Bettelknabe), a 1920 Austrian film directed by Alexander Korda
- The Prince and the Pauper (1937 film), featuring Errol Flynn as Miles Hendon and Billy and Bobby Mauch as the title characters
- The Prince and the Pauper (1962 film), part of Walt Disney anthology television series television series. It starred Guy Williams as Miles Hendon, and Sean Scully in the dual roles of Prince Edward and Tom Canty.
- Crossed Swords, a 1977 film released in the United Kingdom as The Prince and the Pauper, starring Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch, Ernest Borgnine, George C. Scott, Rex Harrison, and Charlton Heston
- The Prince and the Pauper (1990 film), an animated short starring Mickey Mouse
- The Prince and the Pauper (2000 film), a television film featuring Aidan Quinn and Alan Bates
- The Prince and the Pauper: Double Trouble, a 2007 direct-to-video CGI animated film produced by BKN International
- A Modern Twain Story: The Prince and the Pauper, a 2007 film starring Dylan and Cole Sprouse
Television
- The Prince and the Pauper (1976), a six-part episode of the PBS series Once Upon a Classic
- The Prince and the Pauper (1996 TV series), a six-part series starring James Purefoy, screenplay by Julian Fellowes
See also
- Cultural depictions of Edward VI of England
- Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper, a 2004 direct-to-video, computer-animated film
- "Double, Double, Boy in Trouble", an episode of The Simpsons that parodies The Prince and the Pauper
- Jake & Blake, a television series which started out as a parody of The Prince and the Pauper, but turned to a more serious plotline as the show progressed
- Trading Places, a 1983 comedy that draws heavily on the plot outline for The Prince and the Pauper
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