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Silent Shakespeare

Title
Silent Shakespeare [videorecording] / a Milestone Film.
Publication
[U.S.] : Milestone Film & Video, 2000.

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Additional Authors
  • Tree, Herbert Beerbohm, Sir, 1852-1917
  • Ranous, William V.
  • Costello, Maurice, 1887-1950
  • Novelli, Ermete, 1851-1919
  • Bertini, Francesca, 1892-1985
  • Turner, Florence, 1885-1946
  • Kent, Charles, 1852-1923
  • Gordon, Julia Swayne, 1879-1933
  • Berry, James, 1883-1915
  • Benson, Frank R. (Frank Robert), 1858-1939
  • Dickson, W. K.-L. (William Kennedy-Laurie), 1860-1935
  • Dando, Walter Pfeffer
  • Stow, Percy
  • Blackton, James Stuart, 1875-1941
  • Lo Savio, Gerolamo
  • Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
  • Milestone Film & Video.
  • British Film Institute.
  • National Film and Television Archive (Great Britain)
Description
1 videocassette (88 min) : sd., b&w with tinted and col. sequences; 1/2 in.
Summary
Created from the only known surviving materials in existence, nitrate prints, which have survived for almost a century and include beautiful examples of hand stenciling and tinted prints, the films on this tape give us a unique record of a performance and demonstrate an infectious enthusiasm for, and enchantment with, the new medium -- film.
Subject
Note
  • Original production of indivudual silent motion pictures: 1899-1911.
  • Digitally restored from the original 35mm nitrate materials to video by the British Film Institute's National Film and Television Archive in 1999.
Credits (note)
  • Music, Laura Rossi.
Performer (note)
  • Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Dora Senior (1st work); cast unknown (2nd work); William V. Ranous, Maurice Costello (3rd work); Ermete Novelli, Francesca Bertini (4th work); Florence Turner, Charles Kent, Julia Swayne Gordon, (5th work); Ermete Novelli, Francesca Bertini, Olga Giannini Novelli (6th work); James Berry, Alfred Brydone, Frank Benson (7th work).
System Details (note)
  • VHS.
Language (note)
  • Silent with English intertitles.
Contents
King John (Great Britain, 1899) / directed by William Kennedy-Laurie Dickson and Walter Pfeffer Dando -- Tempest (Great Britain, 1908) / directed by Percy Stow -- Midsummer night's dream (USA, 1909) / directed by J. Stuart Blackton and Charles Kent -- King Lear (Italy, 1910) / directed by Gerolamo Lo Savio -- Twelfth night (USA, 1910) / director, Charles Kent ; producer, J. Stuart Blackton -- Merchant of Venice (Italy, 1910) / director, Gerolamo Lo Savio -- Richard III (Great Britain, 1911) / cinematography, Will Barker.
OCLC
43359340
Title
Silent Shakespeare [videorecording] / a Milestone Film.
Imprint
[U.S.] : Milestone Film & Video, 2000.
System Details
VHS.
Cast
Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Dora Senior (1st work); cast unknown (2nd work); William V. Ranous, Maurice Costello (3rd work); Ermete Novelli, Francesca Bertini (4th work); Florence Turner, Charles Kent, Julia Swayne Gordon, (5th work); Ermete Novelli, Francesca Bertini, Olga Giannini Novelli (6th work); James Berry, Alfred Brydone, Frank Benson (7th work).
Credits
Music, Laura Rossi.
Language
Silent with English intertitles.
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Added Author
Tree, Herbert Beerbohm, Sir, 1852-1917, actor.
Ranous, William V., actor.
Costello, Maurice, 1887-1950, actor.
Novelli, Ermete, 1851-1919, actor.
Bertini, Francesca, 1892-1985, actor.
Turner, Florence, 1885-1946, actor.
Kent, Charles, 1852-1923, actor.
Kent, Charles, 1852-1923, film director.
Gordon, Julia Swayne, 1879-1933, actor.
Berry, James, 1883-1915, actor.
Benson, Frank R. (Frank Robert), 1858-1939, actor.
Dickson, W. K.-L. (William Kennedy-Laurie), 1860-1935, film director.
Dando, Walter Pfeffer, film director.
Stow, Percy, film director.
Blackton, James Stuart, 1875-1941, film director.
Lo Savio, Gerolamo, film director.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King John.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Tempest.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Midsummer night's dream.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Lear.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Twelfth night.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Merchant of Venice.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Richard III.
Milestone Film & Video.
British Film Institute.
National Film and Television Archive (Great Britain)
Publisher No.
MILE066 Milestone Film & Video
Branch Call Number
VTH 4643 S
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