The Sword and the Rose is a 1953 United States family and 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 Based on the 1898 novel When Knighthood Was in Flower by Charles Major, it was originally made into a motion picture in 1908 and again in 1922. The 1953 Disney version was adapted for the screen by Lawrence Edward Watkin. The film was shot at Denham Film Studios and was the third of Disney's British productions after Treasure Island and The Story of Robin Hood and... His Merrie Men . In 1956, it was broadcast on American television in two parts under the original book title. Mary Tudor falls in love with a new arrival to court, Charles Brandon. She convinces her brother King Henry VIII to make him his Captain of the Guard. Meanwhile, Henry is determined to marry her off to the aging King Louis XII of France as part of a peace agreement. Mary's longtime suitor the Duke of Buckingham takes a dislike to Charles as he is a commoner and the Duke wants Mary for himself.
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| Release date: | July 23, 1953 |
| Directed by: | Ken Annakin |
| Runtime: | 92 Minutes |
| Producer: | Walt Disney |
| Editor: | Gerald Thomas |
| Cinematography: | Geoffrey Unsworth |
| Screenplay by: | Lawrence Edward Watkin |
| Adapted from: | When Knighthood Was in Flower |
| Genre: | Adventure |