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A record of the Warwick Pageant held in the grounds of Warwick Castle 2-9 July 1906 and showing incidents in Warwick’s history from AD40-1572. Includes scenes from a performance of Christopher Marlowe’s...
Fiction short. A depiction of the seven ages of Man in eight tableaux. The titles are: Infancy, Playmates, Schoolmates, Lovers, The Soldier, The Judge, Second Childhood and What Age? (showing an old woman...
A filmed record (with Beerbohm Tree’s consent) of the opening storm scene from his stage production of The Tempest. Urban’s catalogue describes the scenes thus: ‘This remarkable picture, taken under...
Fiction film, possibly based on The Merchant of Venice.
A propaganda film for tariff reform. John Bull is visited by a Frenchman, a sea captain, a Russian trader and an American. The visitors take all the available chairs and chat amongst themselves leaving John...
Fiction film. Description in the Selig catalogue reads ‘Oh, how are the mighty fallen. Here is a great Shakespearean actor on his uppers, actually broke; but he retains his valet and the two of them see...
Studio performance - with no audience but with a set of sorts and musical accompaniment dubbed over - filmed for the Paris exhibition in the early years of this century. Shows Little Tich (Harry Relph) doing...
A film of the final scene in Hamlet with Sarah Bernhardt as Hamlet. The film depicts Hamlet’s body being caught by Horatio. The film also included a soundtrack (primarily of sound effects) synchronised...
Emilio Cossira singing a tenor aria from Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette. Ball hazards a guess that the aria was ‘Ah! Lève-toi soleil’. The film experimented with a synchronised sound system outlined by...
Four scenes from the Her Majesty’s Theatre production of King John, one of which survives. The descriptions quoted are from the copyright records in The National Archives: THE BATTLEFIELD NEAR ANGIERS -...