Merchant of Venice, The

Synopsis
Fiction short. The Merchant of Venice directed by Barry O’Neill and adapted by Lloyd Lonergan and Gertrude Thanhauser. William J. Bowman is Shylock.
Country
United States
Medium
Film
Technical information
Black-and-white / Silent
Year of release
1912
Recording date
26 Jul 1912
Duration
22 mins; 2000 feet
Availability
Presumed a lost film

Credits

Director
Barry O’Neil
Producer
Edwin Thanhouser
Screenplay
Gertrude Thanhouser; Lloyd Lonergan
Cast
William J. BowmanShylock
William Russell (2)Antonio
Harry BenhamBassanio
Florence LaBadiePortia
Mignon AndersonJessica

Additional Details

Production type
Fiction Films
Historical period
Renaissance Italy
Plays
Merchant of Venice, The
Subjects
Drama
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes
Ball’s identification of O’Neil as director is tentative, IMDb credits Lucius Henderson as director.
Reviews
Ball, Robert Hamilton. Shakespeare on Silent Film: A Strange Eventful History. London: George Allen and Unwin, 1968 ((pp146-7, 339). The review in Bioscope (January 9 1913) praises the film in omitting non-essential characters and preserving the key scenes and mentions subtitles which were condensed quotations from Shakespeare.

Production Company

Name

Thanhauser Film Corporation

How to cite this record

Shakespeare, "Merchant of Venice, The". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av68601 (Accessed 26 Nov 2024)