The Student Prince (film)

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The Student Prince
Film poster
Directed by	Richard Thorpe
Written by	Sonya Levien William Ludwig
Based on	Old Heidelberg 1901 play by Wilhelm Meyer-Förster The Student Prince Dorothy Donnelly
Produced by	Joe Pasternak
Starring	Ann Blyth Edmund Purdom John Ericson Louis Calhern Edmund Gwenn S.Z. Sakall Betta St. John
Cinematography	Paul C. Vogel
Edited by	Gene Ruggiero
Music by	Sigmund Romberg Georgie Stoll (adaptation)
Production company	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributed by	Loew's Inc.
Release date	June 15, 1954 (1954-06-15)
Running time	107 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$2,438,000[1]
Box office	$5,341,000[1]

The Student Prince is a 1954 American musical film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Ann Blyth, Edmund Purdom, John Ericson, Louis Calhern, Edmund Gwenn, S. Z. Sakall and Betta St. John. The film is an adaptation of the 1924 operetta of the same name composed by Sigmund Romberg with lyrics by Dorothy Donnelly. The film's screenplay was written by Sonya Levien and William Ludwig.

Based on the stage play Old Heidelberg by Wilhelm Meyer-Förster (itself an adaptation of his obscure 1898 novel Karl Heinrich), the film is about a brash young prince of a small German kingdom who must choose between his romance with a barmaid and his impending royal duties. It was filmed and released in CinemaScope and Ansco Color.

During production, original star Mario Lanza left the project before principal photography, necessitating his last-minute replacement by the lesser-known Purdom. Because of the contractual agreement between Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Lanza, songs that Lanza had recorded were dubbed over Purdom's voice.