SHAKESPEARE

Alternative title

Nina of the Theater

Synopsis

Fiction film issued by Kalem in a two-reel instalment. The first is a story about an actress (Joyce) who is in love with an actor (Moore) and includes two stage scenes at least one of which the actress played Rosalind in As You Like It.

Country

United States

Medium

Film

Technical information

Black-and-white / Silent

Year of release

1914

Availability

Presumed a lost film

Credits

Director

Kenean Buel

Cast

Alice Joyce	Mrs Nina Brent (Rosalind)
Harry Millarde	Martin, actor
Henry Hallam	Stage manager
Jere Austin	Dr Grant
Tom Moore	Paul Kenough

Additional Details

Production type

Fiction Films

Plays

As You Like It

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Stills

Still reproduced in Ball (op cit).

Reviews

Ball, Robert Hamilton. Shakespeare on Silent Film: A Strange Eventful History. London: George Allen and Unwin, 1968 (p199-200, 352.)

Mary Aurilla Swift,`Nina of the Theatre’ in Photoplay Magazine, July 1914 p61-70 (includes stills).

New York Dramatic Mirror (June 13, 1914).

Production Company

Name

Kalem Company