Cymbeline

Synopsis
Fiction film. Cymbeline with Florence LaBadie as Imogen.
Country
United States
Medium
Film
Technical information
Black-and-white / Silent
Year of release
1913
Recording date
28 Mar 1913
Duration
20 mins; 1850 feet

Credits

Director
Lucius J. Henderson
Producer
Frederic Sullivan
Cinematographer
Arthur A. Cadwell
Cast
William Russell (2)Cymbeline, King of Britain
Florence LaBadieImogen
James CruzePosthumus Leonatus
William GarwoodIachimo
Jean DarnellQueen

Additional Details

Production type
Fiction Films
Plays
Cymbeline
Subjects
Drama
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes
The copy held at George Eastman House is 16mm.
The film was restored by Thanhouser Company Film Preservation, Inc from the GEH print and is contained in THANHOUSER COLLECTION. VOLUME 7: THANHOUSER PRESENTS SHAKESPEARE released in 2007. The length is 22 minutes 15 seconds.
General
It is believed that this was the first time that the play was filmed. Edwin Thanhouser filmed in California, presumably in the suburb of Los Angeles now known as Hollywood.

The identification of William Russell and William Garwood is tentative. Henderson is cited as director on IMDb but not mentioned by Ball.
Reviews
Ball, Robert Hamilton. Shakespeare on Silent Film: A Strange Eventful History. London: George Allen and Unwin, 1968 (pp151-55, 341-2).

Moving Picture World (5 April 1913). ‘The costuming is sumptous and the scenes pleasing throughout because of the clean-cut staging’.

Production Company

Name

Thanhauser Film Corporation

Archive

Name

George Eastman House

Email
filmstudycenter@geh.org
Web
http://www,eastmanhouse.org External site opens in new window
Phone
1-585 272 3361
Fax
1-585 272 3970
Address
Motion Picture Department
900 East Avenue
Rochester
NY 14607

Distributor (Sale)

Name

Thanhouser Company Film Preservation

Email
postmaster@thanhouser.org
Web
http://www.thanhouser.org External site opens in new window
Fax
(503) 226-7961
Address
8770 NW Kearney Street
Portland
Oregon 97229
USA

How to cite this record

Shakespeare, "Cymbeline". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av68535 (Accessed 13 Nov 2024)