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Macbeth
(1916) United States of America
B&W : Eight reels
Directed by John Emerson
Cast: Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree [Macbeth], Constance Collier [Lady Macbeth], Wilfred Lucas [Macduff], Spottiswoode Aitken [Duncan], Ralph Lewis [Banquo], Mary Alden [Lady Macduff], Olga Grey [Lady Agnes], L. de Nowskowski [Malcolm], Bessie Buskirk [Donalbain], Jack Conway [Lennox], Seymour Hastings [Ross], Carl Formes Jr. [Bishop], Jack Brammel [Seyton], L. Tylden [the first witch], Scott McKee [the second witch], Jack Leonard [the third witch], Francis Carpenter [Macduff’s son], Thelma Burns [Macduff’s daughter], Madge Dyer [Macduff’s daughter], Raymond Wells [Thane of Cawdor], George McKenzie [the doctor], Chandler House [Fleance], Ben Alexander, Monte Blue [Tree’s body double], [?] Erich von Stroheim?
Reliance Motion Picture Corporation production; distributed by Triangle Film Corporation. / Scenario by John Emerson, from the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare. Production supervised by D.W. Griffith. Art direction by R. Ellis Wales. Assistant art director, Erich von Stroheim. Cinematography by George W. Hill. / Premiered 4 June 1916 at the Majestic Theatre in Los Angeles, California. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Tree’s first American film. Monte Blue doubled for Tree in every shot where he wouldn’t be recognized. The play was previously filmed as Macbeth (1913).
Drama: Historical.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Ambition - Authors: William Shakespeare (1564?-1616) - Crime: Murder - Death: Murder - Guilt - Kings - Insanity - Marriage - Murder - Nobility - Royalty - Scotland - Suicide - USA: California: Corona del Mar - USA: California: Newport Beach - Witches
Listing updated: 12 December 2008.
References: AFI-F1 n. F1.2696; Ball-Shakespeare pp. 149, 186, 224d, 225, 226, 229-235, 362-363, 364, 388; Bardèche-History p. 383; Everson-American p. 115; Lahue-Triangle pp. 134-135, 179, 200; Tarbox-Lost pp. 220, 227, 242, 252 : Website-AFI.
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