Learning on ScreenWinter’s Tale, The
- Synopsis
- Fiction film. A version of The Winter’s Tale with Martin Faust as Leontes and Anna Rosemond as Hermione.
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Film
- Technical information
- Black-and-white / Silent
- Year of release
- 1910
- Recording date
- 27 May 1910
- Duration
- 11 mins; 1000 feet
Credits
- Director
- Barry O’Neil
- Screenplay
- Gertrude Thanhouser; Lloyd Lonergan
- Cast
Martin Faust Leontes, King of Sicily Anna Rosemond Hermione Amelia Barleon Perdita Alfred Hanlon Florizel Frank Crane Polixenes
Additional Details
- Production type
- Fiction Films
- Plays
- Winter’s Tale, The
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- Notes
- The film is 12 minutes and 35 seconds. Original release length c1000ft. The film was restored by Thanhauser Company Film Preservation, Inc from a print in the Library of Congress and is contained within THANHAUSER COLLECTION. VOLUME 7: THANHAUSER PRESENTS SHAKESPEARE released in 2007.
- General
- The identification of Barry O’Neil as director is tentative.
- Reviews
- Ball, Robert Hamilton. Shakespeare on Silent Film: A Strange Eventful History. London: George Allen and Unwin, 1968 (pp68-70, 73, 316-7). Moving Picture World (June 11 1908) ‘Every scene was set with fidelity to the original, but always with the development of the pictorial feature as an important factor. Then the acting. It would be a capricious critic, indeed who could discover a flaw in it...'.
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
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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