Learning on ScreenDuel Scene from ‘Macbeth’
- Synopsis
- This scene comprises part of the video compilation ‘Theatrical Motions Pictures from the Paper Print Collection’ of the Library Congress. Shot by cameraman G W Bitzer in New York City on 15 July 1905, and comprising 21 feet of film, it was photographed as if from the audience at a theatre. The scene begins at the end of a duel between a man wearing armour and another in a kilt who falls in front of the camera as if dead. The man in the kilt carrying a sword enters and begins duelling with the winner of the first encounter. He wins and the film ends here. All the action occurs in front of a painted backdrop.
- Series
- Theatrical Motion Pictures from the Paper Print Collection
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Video
- Technical information
- Black-and-white / Silent
- Year of release
- 1905
- Duration
- 53 feet
- Availability
- Sale
Credits
- Cinematographer
- Billy Bitzer
- Contributor
- Christopher Baugh
Additional Details
- Production type
- Fiction Films
- Plays
- Macbeth
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); swordfighting
Notes
- Notes
- Available on DVD (region 1 only) as an extra on Buchowetzki’s OTHELLO (1922).
Production Company
Archive
- Name
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting & Recorded Sound Division
- Web
- http://catalog.loc.gov/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- (20) 707-8572
- Fax
- (20) 707-237’1
- Address
- Motion Picture & Television Reading Room
James Madison Building, LM 336
101 Independence Avenue, SE
Washington, D.C.
20540-4690
United States
Online Retailer
- Name
amazon.com
- Web
- http://www.amazon.com External site opens in new window
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