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  1. King Lear (1909 Film)

    Director
    William V. Ranous
    Producer
    J. Stuart Blackton

    Abbreviated version of the play but yet still straining to incorporate the Edgar subplot, the rejection of Cordelia, Lear’s rejection of Goneril and Regan, the blinding of Gloucester (off stage), the...

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  2. Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (1909 Film)

    Director
    J. Stuart Blackton; Charles Kent

    Abbreviated version of the play closely following the original with the exception of a new character, Penelope. It is she who quarrels with Titania and tells Puck to bewitch Titania.

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  3. King Lear (1909 Film)

    Director
    William V. Ranous

    Fiction film with William V. Ranous directing and taking the title role.

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  4. Julius Caesar (1908 Film)

    Director
    William V. Ranous
    Producer
    J. Stuart Blackton

    Abbreviated version of the play. At the Capitol Julius Caesar leaves with Mark Antony while Caesar is seen plotting with another man. In the arena Antony offers Caesar the crown three times. Cassius...

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  5. Macbeth (1908 Film)

    Director
    William V. Ranous

    Fiction film of Macbeth containing at least 17 sequences with the focus on the first half of the play. Shot largely in the studio, the film was not well received by the trade papers and its censorship by...

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  6. Othello (1908 Film)

    aka: Jealousy

    Director
    William V. Ranous

    Fiction film of Othello with William V. Ranous directing himself in the title role.

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  7. Richard III (1908 Film)

    Director
    William V. Ranous

    Fiction film. Richard III with William V. Ranous directing himself in the title role.

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  8. Romeo and Juliet - A Romantic Story of the Ancient Feud Between the Italian Houses of Montague and Capulet (1908 Film)

    Director
    William V. Ranous

    Fiction film directed by William V. Ranous with Paul Panzer as Romeo and Florence Lawrence as Juliet.

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