Silent Shakespeare [videorecording] / British Film Institute.



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Includes seven motion pictures originally produced in the U.S., U.K. and Italy between 1899 and 1911, digitally restored to video by the British Film Institute's National Film and Television Archive. Musical score by Laura Rossi. Filmed introduction and commentary by Judith Buchanan. Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Dora Senior (King John) ; William V. Ranous, Maurice Costello (A midsummer night's dream) ; Ermete Novelli, Francesca Bertini (King Lear) ; Florence Turner, Charles Kent, Julia Swayne Gordon, Francesca Bertini (Twelfth night) ; Ermete Novelli, Francesca Bertini (The merchant of Venice) ; James Berry, Alfred Brydone, Sir Francis Benson (Richard III). Silent films with English intertitles and musical accompaniment. DVD extras (Introduction and commentary) closed captioned in English.

Title
Silent Shakespeare [videorecording] / British Film Institute.
Artist
Dando, Walter Pfeffer.
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Type
Video Recording
Abstract
In the early days of the cinema, pioneer filmmakers created these seven 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 these early photoplays were only one or two reels long but whatever they gave up in language and length, they made up for in exuberance, cinematic artistry, visual wit and bravura acting.
Year
2004
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