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 TurpinRomeo
Alice DayJuliet
J.A. WaldronWriter 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

Name

Mack Sennett Comedies

Archive

Name

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

Web
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Phone
(20) 707-8572
Fax
(20) 707-237’1
Address
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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 26 Nov 2024)