Silent Shakespeare /
In the early days of the cinema, pioneer filmmakers created these seven charming films based on the plays of William Shakespeare. Considered a "lowbrow" medium, the fledgling movie industry sought to elevate its status by immortalizing the classics and hiring the actors of the day. Most of...
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Language: | English |
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[Place of publication not identified] : Chatsworth, CA :
Milestone Film & Video ; Distributed by Image Entertainment,
[2000?]
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Series: | Milestone collection
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Table of Contents:
- King John (Britain, 1899, 3 min.) / directed by Walter Pfeffer Dando [and others]
- The tempest (Britain, 1908, 12 min.) / directed by Percy Stow
- A midsummer night's dream (USA, 1909, 11 min.) / directed by James Stuart Blackton and Charles Kent
- King Lear (Italy, 1910, 16 min.) / directed by Gerolamo Lo Savio
- Twelfth night (USA, 1910, 13 min) / directed by Charles Kent, produced by J. Stuart Blackton
- The merchant of Venice (Italy, 1910, 10 min.) / directed by Gerolamo Lo Savio
- Richard III (Britain, 1911, 22 min.).