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- Synopsis
- Feature film. Richard Burton portrays Edwin Booth, the 19th century American actor. Booth is helped to success by his wife, Mary. When his brother, John Wilkes, assassinates President Lincoln, Edwin faces hostility. Mary dies but Booth goes on to triumph in New York. Burton as Booth acts scenes from Richard III, Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet and there are many more off-stage citations.
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Film
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Year of release
- 1955
- Duration
- 102 mins
Credits
- Director
- Philip Dunne
- Producer
- Philip Dunne
- Cinematographer
- Charles C. Clarke
- Writer
- Eleanor Ruggles
- Screenplay
- Moss Hart
- Music
- Bernard Herrman
- Cast
Richard Burton Romeo John Derek John Wilkes Booth Maggie McNamara Mary Devlin Booth Richard Burton Edwin Booth Richard Burton Richard, Duke of Gloucester, later King Richard
Additional Details
- Production type
- Fiction Films
- Plays
- Hamlet; Richard III; Romeo and Juliet
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Booth, Edwin
Notes
- Notes
- Released on DVD in 2016 in the 20th Century Fox Cinema Archives series.
- General
- Dunne, in his directorial debut, was assisted in the staging of the Shakespearean scenes by actress and producer Eva La Galliene.
- Reviews
- Bosley Crowther ‘PRINCE OF PLAYERS Bows at the Rivoli’ in The New York Times (January 12 1955). The Shakespeare scenes are detailed in Lanier, Douglas ‘Film Spin-Offs and Citations’ in Burt, Richard (ed). Shakespeares After Shakespeares: an Encyclopedia of the Bard in Mass Media and Popular Culture. 2 vols. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2006. (p. 344-5, entry 1452).
Monthly Film Bulletin. v.22. n. 255 (1 April 1955). p. 52
Production Company
- Name
20th Century Fox
Archive
- Name
Folger Shakespeare Library
- reference@folger.edu
- Web
- http://www.folger.edu External site opens in new window
- Phone
- (202) 544 4600
- Fax
- (202) 544 4623
- Address
- 201 East Capitol Street, SE
Washington
DC 20003
USA
- Name
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
- Web
- http://loc.gov/rr/record External site opens in new window
- Phone
- (202) 707-7833
- Address
- Recorded Sound Reference Centre
101 Independence Avenue, S.E.
Room LM-113
Washington, DC 20540
Distributor
- Name
odlies.com
- http://www.oldies.com/about/contact.cfm
- Web
- http://www.oldies.com External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 1-610-649-7565 (customers outside the US).
- Address
- P.O. Box 77
Norberth
PA
19072-0077, USA
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