SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

RKO comedy short. A quiet day at home is interrupted by arguments over the source of Shakespearean speeches. Lanier (op cit) notes that the film is ‘revealing for its assumptions about the highbrow status of Shakespeare (the family has to dress properly for a performance of Hamlet), and for Edfar and his mother-in-law’s battle over Shakespearean citations to establish domestic authority’.

Language

English

Country

United States

Medium

Film

Technical information

Black-and-white / Sound

Year of release

1935

Duration

22 mins

Credits

Director

Arthur Ripley

Producer

Lee S. Marcus

Cinematographer

Robert De Grasse

Writer

Stuart E. McGowan

Cast

Edgar Kennedy	Edgar
Florence Lake	Florence

Additional Details

Production type

Fiction Films

Plays

Hamlet

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes

The Library of Congress holds master preservation material, no viewing copy ((9/2007).

History

Available from US retailers as part of the RKO Comedy Collection EDGAR KENNEDY. Vol. 1

Reviews

Lanier, Douglas ‘Film Spin-Offs and Citations’ in Burt, Richard (ed). Shakespeares After Shakespeares: an Encyclopedia of the Bard in Mass Media and Popular Culture. 2 vols. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2006. (p. 151, entry 627).

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

Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting & Recorded Sound Division

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Phone

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Fax

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Address

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Online Retailer

Name

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