Romeo and Juliet
- Alternative title
- Schoener Romeo, Ein
- Synopsis
- Fiction short. Alice Day is Juliet in a rustic stage performance of Romeo and Juliet. Ball notes ‘I wish I had seen, a Mack Sennett Romeo and Juliet with the hilariously cross-eyed Ben Turpin as Romeo. In one scene he wiggled his ears while he sang Tosti’s ‘Good-bye’ at the family organ’.
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Film
- Technical information
- Black-and-white / Silent
- Year of release
- 1924
- Recording date
- 3 Sep 1924
- Duration
- 10 mins; 910 feet
Credits
- Director
- Harry Sweet; Reggie Morris
- Producer
- Mack Sennett
- Cinematographer
- George Crocker; George Unholtz
- Cast
Ben Turpin Romeo Alice Day Juliet J.A. Waldron Writer of titles
Additional Details
- Production type
- Fiction Films
- Plays
- Romeo and Juliet
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- Notes
- The Library of Congress holds master preservation material only. No viewing copy (8/2010).
- History
- Distributed by Pathe Exchange
- Reviews
- Ball, Robert Hamilton. Shakespeare on Silent Film: A Strange Eventful History. London: George Allen and Unwin, 1968 (p. 265, 371-2).
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, "Romeo and Juliet". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av68852 (Accessed 20 Sep 2024)