SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

Western feature film. Marshall Tallant is the sheriff protecting Silver City from outlaws. The film opens with a variety show in a saloon bar which features the ‘Ghost scene from Hamlet’ (I iv) with black comedian Willie Best playing a nervous ghost and D’Arcy Corrigan (uncredited) playing Hamlet. Some saloon patrons fire their guns to frighten Best.

Language

English

Country

United States

Medium

Film

Technical information

Black-and-white / Sound

Year of release

1935

Duration

76 mins; 6,808 feet

Credits

Director

Charles Vidor

Producer

Cliff Reid

Cinematographer

Harold Wenstrom

Screenplay

Dudley Nicols

Music

Roy Webbs

Cast

D’Arcy Corrigan	Hamlet
Margot Grahame	Kitty Rivers
Preston Foster	Tex Randolph
Richard Dix	Clay Tallant
Willie Best	Pompey (Ghost)

Additional Details

Production type

Fiction Films

Plays

Hamlet

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); westerns

Production Company

Name

RKO

Notes

Home Video rights in the UK are handled bu Universal Home Video (qv). TV rights in the UK are held by the BBC. US rights are held by Warner Home Video.

Archive

Name

BFI National Archive

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