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. Bowman Shylock William Russell (2) Antonio Harry Benham Bassanio Florence LaBadie Portia Mignon Anderson Jessica
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
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Merchant of Venice, The". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av68601 (Accessed 20 Sep 2024)