Romeo and Juliet
- Synopsis
- Animation parodying Shakespeare’s tragedy and featuring Charlie Chaplin as Romeo and Mary Pickford as Juliet. Bioscope reported ‘with quite extraordinary skill, Mr Dyer has caught the mannerisms of these two film favourites, reproducing in an amazingly life-like way the famous Chaplin walk and the Pickford smile...'
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Film
- Technical information
- Black-and-white / Silent
- Year of release
- 1919
- Duration
- 10 mins approx.
- Availability
- No archive copy found. Presumed a lost film.
Credits
- Director
- Anson Dyer
- Producer
- Cecil Hepworth
- Animator
- Anson Dyer
Additional Details
- Production type
- Animation
- Plays
- Romeo and Juliet
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- Reviews
- Ball, Robert Hamilton. Shakespeare on Silent Film: A Strange Eventful History. London: George Allen and Unwin, 1968 (p. 265, 371). Bioscope, 23 October 1919.
Production Company
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Romeo and Juliet". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av72420 (Accessed 13 Nov 2024)