`Amlet

Synopsis

Cartoon animated by Anson Dyer with a Charlie Chaplin (C.H. Aplin) figure as ‘Amlet. Told of his uncle’s guilt by a ghost, ‘Amlet ‘shoots’ Claudius with a cinematograph, as he exalts over the rations he has hoarded. Projecting the film confronts Claudius with the evidence as ‘Amlet watches him closely with an usher’s electric torch. Horatio Bottomly is caricatured as Horatio.

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Film

Technical information

Black-and-white / Silent

Year of release

1919

Duration

c3

Availability

Presumed a lost film.

Credits

Director

Anson Dyer

Producer

Cecil Hepworth

Writer

Anson Dyer

Animator

Anson Dyer

Additional Details

Production type

Animation

Plays

Hamlet

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Reviews

Ball, Robert Hamilton. Shakespeare on Silent Film: A Strange Eventful History. London: George Allen and Unwin, 1968 (p. 265, 371).

Bioscope (11 December 1919)

Production Company

Name

Hepworth Picture Plays