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Silent Shakespeare

A collection of digitally restored early film adaptations of some of Shakespeare's plays, some starring leading actors of the day. Some feature tinting and original hand-stenciled colour.

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  • "King Lear (1910)"
  • "Merchant of Venice"
  • "King Lear"
  • "Richard III"
  • "Twelfth Night (1910)"
  • "Twelfth night"
  • "Midsummer night's dream"
  • "Silent Shakespeare"@en
  • "King John (1899 - the first Shakespeare film ever made)"
  • "Richard III (1911)"
  • "King John"

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  • ""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 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""
  • "A compilation of seven films held in the National Film and Television Archive, from an early, recently-discovered brief remnant of a scene from Herbert Beerbohm-Tree's King John to a two-reel version of Sir Frank Benson's touring Richard III."
  • "A collection of digitally restored early film adaptations of some of Shakespeare's plays, some starring leading actors of the day. Some feature tinting and original hand-stenciled colour."@en
  • "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 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."@en
  • "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 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."
  • "Sette film, basati sulle opere di William Shakespeare, realizzati da registi pionieri agli esordi della storia del cinema."
  • "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 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. Some films feature original hand-stenciled color."@en
  • "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."@en
  • "In the early days of the cinema, pioneer filmmakers created these seven films, some hand colored or tinted, 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."@en
  • "SUMMARY: "In the early days of the cinema, pioneer filmmakers created these 7 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 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." (University of Denver)"
  • "In the early days of the cinema, pioneer filmmakers created these 7 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."@en
  • "In the early days of the cinema, pioneer filmmakers created these 7 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 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."@en

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  • "Cinéma muet (Descripteur de forme)"
  • "Film"@en
  • "fiction dramatique (fiction)"
  • "Foreign films"
  • "History"@en
  • "History"
  • "Silent films"
  • "Silent films"@en
  • "Short films"
  • "Short films"@en
  • "Drama"
  • "Drama"@en
  • "Video recordings"@en
  • "Motion pictures"@en
  • "Fiction films"@en
  • "Film adaptations"
  • "Film adaptations"@en
  • "Videodiscos DVD"

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  • "Silent Shakespeare"@en
  • "Silent Shakespeare"

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