Hamlet and Eggs
- Synopsis
- Comedy short. An exhausted Shakespearean actor, on holiday in an isolated ranch in Arizona, is forced to put on an amateur production of Romeo and Juliet. Juliet awakens in her tomb and sings ‘O Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie’. At the end of the film the director returns to his effete and sophisticated New York circle converted to cowboy costumes and modes of speech.
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Film
- Technical information
- Black-and-white / Sound
- Year of release
- 1937
- Duration
- 18 mins
Credits
- Director
- William Watson
- Producer
- Al Christie
- Cinematographer
- George Webber
- Screenplay
- Tim Ryan
- Cast
Douglas Leavitt Frank Jaquet Irene Noblette Ryan Pat Patterson’s Cowboy Trio Tim Ryan
Additional Details
- Production type
- Fiction Films
- Plays
- Romeo and Juliet
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); westerns; Amateur theatre
Production Company
Archive
- Name
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting & Recorded Sound Division
- Web
- http://catalog.loc.gov/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- (20) 707-8572
- Fax
- (20) 707-237’1
- Address
- Motion Picture & Television Reading Room
James Madison Building, LM 336
101 Independence Avenue, SE
Washington, D.C.
20540-4690
United States
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Hamlet and Eggs". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av37192 (Accessed 20 Sep 2024)