Silent Shakespeare / a Milestone Film release.

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 these ear...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Milestone collection.
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Main Author: Rossi, Laura (Composer)
Corporate Authors: British Film Institute (Producer)
National Film and Television Archive (Great Britain) (Producer)
Milestone Film & Video (Producer, Distributor)
Image Entertainment (Firm) (Distributor)
Other Authors: Dando, Walter Pfeffer (Director)
Stow, Percy (Director)
Blackton, James Stuart, 1875-1941 (Director, Producer)
Lo Savio, Gerolamo (Director)
Kent, Charles, 1852-1923 (Director, Actor)
Tree, Herbert Beerbohm, Sir, 1852-1917 (Actor)
Senior, Dora (Actor)
Ranous, William V., 1857-1915 (Actor)
Costello, Maurice, 1887-1950 (Actor)
Novelli, Ermete, 1851-1919 (Actor)
Bertini, Francesca, 1892-1985 (Actor)
Turner, Florence, 1885-1946 (Actor)
Gordon, Julia Swayne, 1879-1933 (Actor)
Berry, James, 1883-1915 (Actor)
Benson, Frank R. (Frank Robert), 1858-1939 (Actor)
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
Silent films with English intertitles.
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Chatsworth, CA : Milestone Film & Video ; Distributed by Image Entertainment, 2000.
Series:Milestone collection.
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Film adaptations.
Silent films.
Short films.
Film adaptations.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616.
Genre:
Film adaptations.
Silent films.
Short films.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (89 min.) : silent, black and white, tinted and original hand-stenciled color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD

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