The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1957 film)
The Pied Piper of Hamelin is an American musical film based on the famous poem of the same name by Robert Browning and using the music of Edvard Grieg, arranged by Pete King with new lyrics by Hal Stanley and Irving Taylor. It stars Van Johnson, Claude Rains, Lori Nelson, Jim Backus and Kay Starr. It was directed by Broadway veteran Bretaigne Windust. Nearly all of the dialogue in The Pied Piper of Hamelin is spoken in rhyme, much of it directly lifted from Browning's poem.
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Stanley Adams (left) & Claude Rains
The Pied Piper of Hamelin is the title character of a legend from the town of Hamelin (Hameln), Lower Saxony, Germany.
1592 painting of the Pied Piper copied from the glass window of Marktkirche in Hamelin
Postcard "Gruss aus Hameln" featuring the Pied Piper of Hamelin, 1902
1909 Maxfield Parrish mural of the Pied Piper of Hamelin at the Palace Hotel, San Francisco
The rats of Hamelin. Illustration by Kate Greenaway for Robert Browning's "The Pied Piper of Hamelin"