Learning on ScreenIndian Romeo and Juliet
- Synopsis
- Fiction film setting Romeo and Juliet as a story of North American tribes where the Hurons and the Mohicans are sworn enemies. Perhaps the first feature film to appropriate a Shakespeare story. The Vitagraph Bulletin (January 17-February 1st) claimed ‘the film is far more Shakespearean than Shakespeare’.
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Film
- Technical information
- Black-and-white / Silent
- Year of release
- 1912
- Recording date
- 30 Jan 1912
- Duration
- 11 mins; 1000 feet
- Availability
- No archive copy known to exist (6/2007)
Credits
- Director
- Lawrence Trimble
- Screenplay
- Hal Reid
- Cast
Wallace Reid Oniatore (Romeo) Florence Turner Ethona (Juliet) Harold Wilson Oyenkwa (Friar Laurence) Adelaine Ober Neok (Nurse) Harry Morey Kowa (Paris) James H. Reid Rohowaneh (Capulet)
Additional Details
- Production type
- Fiction Films
- Plays
- Romeo and Juliet
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- History
- The film was released in Great Britain 15 April 1912.
- Reviews
- Ball, Robert Hamilton. Shakespeare on Silent Film: A Strange Eventful History. London: George Allen and Unwin, 1968 (p135-6, 337).
Production Company
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