Learning on ScreenCymbeline
- Synopsis
- Fiction film. Cymbeline with Florence LaBadie as Imogen.
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Film
- Technical information
- Black-and-white / Silent
- Year of release
- 1913
- Recording date
- 28 Mar 1913
- Duration
- 20 mins; 1850 feet
Credits
- Director
- Lucius J. Henderson
- Producer
- Frederic Sullivan
- Cinematographer
- Arthur A. Cadwell
- Cast
William Russell (2) Cymbeline, King of Britain Florence LaBadie Imogen James Cruze Posthumus Leonatus William Garwood Iachimo Jean Darnell Queen
Additional Details
- Production type
- Fiction Films
- Plays
- Cymbeline
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- Notes
- The copy held at George Eastman House is 16mm.
The film was restored by Thanhouser Company Film Preservation, Inc from the GEH print and is contained in THANHOUSER COLLECTION. VOLUME 7: THANHOUSER PRESENTS SHAKESPEARE released in 2007. The length is 22 minutes 15 seconds. - General
- It is believed that this was the first time that the play was filmed. Edwin Thanhouser filmed in California, presumably in the suburb of Los Angeles now known as Hollywood.
The identification of William Russell and William Garwood is tentative. Henderson is cited as director on IMDb but not mentioned by Ball. - Reviews
- Ball, Robert Hamilton. Shakespeare on Silent Film: A Strange Eventful History. London: George Allen and Unwin, 1968 (pp151-55, 341-2).
Moving Picture World (5 April 1913). ‘The costuming is sumptous and the scenes pleasing throughout because of the clean-cut staging’.
Production Company
Archive
- Name
George Eastman House
- filmstudycenter@geh.org
- Web
- http://www,eastmanhouse.org External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 1-585 272 3361
- Fax
- 1-585 272 3970
- Address
- Motion Picture Department
900 East Avenue
Rochester
NY 14607
Distributor (Sale)
- Name
Thanhouser Company Film Preservation
- postmaster@thanhouser.org
- Web
- http://www.thanhouser.org External site opens in new window
- Fax
- (503) 226-7961
- Address
- 8770 NW Kearney Street
Portland
Oregon 97229
USA
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