The Boys from Syracuse
US (1940): Musical/Comedy
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 (Allan Jones and Joe Penner), to find their long-lost twins who, for reason of plot confusion, are also named Anthipholus and Dromio. Complications arise when the wives of the Ephesians, Adriana and her servant Luce (Irene Hervey and Martha Raye), mistake the two strangers for their husbands, though the couples eventually get sorted out after Adriana's sister Phyllis (Rosemary Lane) and the Syracuse Antipholus admit their love. A. Edward Sutherland directs this adaptation of George Abbott's play (via Plautus and Shakespeare) for Universal. (IMDb)
2 nominations
· Interior Decoration (Black and White) 1940: Jack Otterson - Art Direction
· Special Effects 1940: John P. Fulton - Photographic, Bernard B. Brown & Joseph Lapis - Sound