The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)

An Englishman on a Ruritanian holiday finds himself caught up in courtly intrigue. Ronald Colman is delightfully genteel in duel lookalike roles as both the Englishman and the soon-to-be coronated king. He’s helped along the way by David Niven and C. Aubrey Smith. It’s a quick adventure tale filled with romance, moats, fencing, and evil usurpers (one gleefully played by Douglas Fairbanks Jr.).

Side Note: I cannot see C. Aubrey Smith without thinking of him as Commander McBragg from Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales.

Oscar Nominations: Best Art Direction; Best Music, Score