The Sword and the Rose

The Sword and the Rose
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Ken Annakin
Screenplay by	Lawrence Edward Watkin
Based on	When Knighthood Was in Flower by Charles Major (1856-1913) (of Shelbyville, Indiana, in 1896) James B. Fagan (play)
Produced by	Perce Pearce Walt Disney
Starring	Glynis Johns James Robertson Justice Richard Todd Michael Gough Jane Barrett Peter Copley Ernest Jay Jean Mercure D. A. Clarke-Smith Gérard Oury Fernand Fabre Gaston Richer Rosalie Crutchley Bryan Coleman
Cinematography	Geoffrey Unsworth
Edited by	Gerald Thomas
Music by	Clifton Parker
Production company	RKO-Walt Disney British Productions Limited[1]
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures Ltd.[2]
Release date	July 23, 1953 (1953-07-23) (United States)[3]
Running time	92 minutes
Countries	United Kingdom United States
Language	English
Budget	$2 million[4]
Box office	$1 million dollars (USA)[5]

The Sword and the Rose is a family/adventure film produced by Perce Pearce and Walt Disney and directed by Ken Annakin. The film features the story of Mary Tudor, a younger sister of Henry VIII of England.

Based on the 1898 novel When Knighthood Was in Flower by Charles Major (1856-1913), of Shelbyville, Indiana. It was originally made into a early silent film motion picture in 1908 in the Nickelodeon era and again 15 years later in another silent film but longer, more developed plot in the 1922 flick version as When Knighthood Was in Flower. The 1953 subsequent Disney version under the different title was further adapted for the screen from Major's 1898 novel by Lawrence Edward Watkin. The film was shot at Denham Film Studios in the United Kingdom and was the third of Disney's British film productions after first Treasure Island (1950) and The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952).^[6] In 1956, it was broadcast on American television on Disney's Sunday night regular anthology program on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC-TV) in two parts under the original book title.