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As You Like It
(1912) United States of America
B&W : Three reels / 3115 feet
Directed by [?] Charles Kent or James Young?

Cast: James Morrison, Rose Coghlan, Maurice Costello, Rosemary Theby, Robert Gaillard, Charles Kent, Tefft Johnson, [?] James McWade or Robert McWade (Sr.)?, Harry T. Morey, Rose E. Tapley, Kate Price, George Ober, George C. Randolph, Charles Eldredge, Frank Mason, Hugh McGowan (Hughie Mack), Leo Delaney, James Young

The Vitagraph Company of America production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Scenario by Margaret Birch, from the play As You Like It by William Shakespeare. / Private preview in August 1912. Released 7 October 1912. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was released at 3115 feet on 8 February 1913 in the United Kingdom. [?] Ball-Shakespeare p. 139 lists the director as Charles Kent.

Comedy.

Survival status: Print exists [possibly only as a 16mm reduction positive].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Authors: William Shakespeare (1564?-1616)

Listing updated: 23 July 2008.

References: Ball-Shakespeare pp. 135, 139-146, 192b, 338-339, 385; Blum-Silent p. 28; Limbacher-Feature p. 12; Tarbox-Lost pp. 99, 279.