ROMEO AND JULIET

1916, regia di J. Gordon Edwards, Maxwell Karger

 

Scheda: Nazione: USA - Produzione: Fox Film Corporation - Distribuzione: Fox Film Corporation - Soggetto: da Giulietta e Romeo di William Shakespeare - Sceneggiatura: Adrian Johnson - Fotografia: Phil Rosen - Formato: B.N., muto - Durata: 70'.

Cast: Theda Bara, Harry Hilliard, Glen White, Walter Law, John Webb Dillon, Einar Linden, Elwin Eaton, Alice Gale, Helen Tracy, Victory Bateman, Jane Lee, Katherine Lee, May De Lacy, Edward Holt.

   

Plot Summary, Synopsis, Review: IMDb - entertainment.msn.com: «Theda Bara couldn't have gotten any farther away from her vamp roles than the part of Juliet in this silent adaptation of Shakespeare's most romantic play. But she makes a good job of it (considering her archaic acting style) and performs with a passion that Beverly Bayne lacked in the Metro Pictures version of Romeo and Juliet, which was released at the same time. Bayne's Romeo, Francis X. Bushman, however, was far and away better than Harry Hilliard, Bara's leading man. Hilliard, a musical comedy star of the stage, was chosen for the role because of his likeness to Bushman and left movies the year after his film...».

    

     

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