![]() ![]() This condensed adaptation leaves out most of Twain's social satire. Regrettably, her performance as the prince is nearly identical to her performance as the pauper. To her credit, Miss Clark does a great deal of high-spirited rough-and-tumble stunt work (appropriate to the roles she's playing) even though she utterly failed to convince me that she was one boy, much less two. The sets are a bit too clean and stylised to convincingly depict Tudor England, especially the scenes of Tom Canty's father and the disguised prince in the London slums. but it's fast-moving and visually distinctive. Porter, this is very much an abbreviated version of Mark Twain's novel. ![]() especially when she wears tights and a jerkin. As a physical impersonation of a male child, Miss Clark's performance is a failure. ugh! No thanks! This silent version of 'The Prince and the Pauper' (filmed only 5 years after Mark Twain's death) features Marguerite Clark (in her 30s) in the dual role of the two turnabout boys. This trend is especially distressing when the actress is (unlike Mary Martin) sexually attractive trying to suspend disbelief, I attempt to persuade myself that the voluptuous shapely damsel onscreen is an underage boy. I can't understand why so many people are enchanted by the spectacle of middle-aged Mary Martin impersonating Peter Pan. I well and truly dislike movies in which adult women perform boys' roles. ![]()
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