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The Boys from Syracuse (1940)

The Boys from Syracuse

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1h 13m

Comedy, Musicals

July 30th, 1940

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The action takes place in Ephesus in ancient Asia Minor, and the concerns The efforts of two boys from Syracuse, Anthipholus and his servant Dromio, to find their long-lost twins who, for reason of plot confusion, are also named Anthipholus and Dromio. Complications arise when the wife of the Ephesians, Adriana and her servant Luce, mistake the two strangers for their husband, though the couples eventually get sorted out after Adriana's sister Luciana and the Syracuse Antipholus admit their love

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Cast

Allan Jones
Antipholus of Ephesus
Irene Hervey
Adriana
Martha Raye
Luce
Joe Penner
Dromio of Ephesus
Alan Mowbray
Angelo
Charles Butterworth
Duke of Ephesus
Rosemary Lane
Phyllis
Samuel S. Hinds
Angeen
Tom Dugan
Octavius
Spencer Charters
Turnkey
Full cast & crew

Directors

A. Edward Sutherland
Full cast & crew

Producers

Jules Levey
producer
Full cast & crew

Writers

George Abbott
play
Charles Grayson
screenplay
Titus Maccius Plautus
play
(uncredited)
Full cast & crew

Taglines

On Broadway for a year at $5.50... Now it's here at popular prices!
BROADWAY'S SENSATIONAL STAGE HIT...becomes the year's screen spectacle!
BROADWAY'S SENSATIONAL STAGE HIT...becomes the year's screen spectacle! (print ad - Lubbock Morning Avalanche - Palace Theatre - Lubbock, Texas - August 30, 1940)
All Taglines

Keywords

twin brother
based on play
mistaken identity
All Keywords

Country of Origin

United States of America

Languages

English

Release Dates

July 31st, 1940 (United States of America) (New York City, New York)
July 30th, 1940 (United States of America)
July 30th, 1940 (United States of America) theatrical

Alternative Titles

The Boys from Syracuse (original title)
Os Gregos eram Assim (Brazil)
Majatalo 'Puuhevonen' (Finland)
All Alternative Titles

Locations

Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA (studio)

Running Times

73 min

Sound Mixes

Mono

Aspect Ratios

1.37 : 1

Production Companies

Mayfair Productions Inc.

Distribution Companies

Universal Pictures Proprietary (Australia)
Empire Universal Films (Canada)
Universal Film (Sweden)
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