Macbeth (1922 Film)

Director

Heinz Schall

Fiction film of Macbeth directed by Heinz Schall and adapted by Fritz Kaufmann and Eugen Klöpfer. No further details known.

Macbeth (1916 Film)

Fiction film. A highly abbreviated version of Macbeth with Georgette Leblanc-Maeterlinck as Lady Macbeth and Severin-Mars as Macbeth. No further details known.

Macbeth (1916 Film)

Director

John Emerson

Producer

D.W. Griffith

Feature film version of Macbeth directed by John Emerson and produced by D.W. Griffith with Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree as Macbeth and Constance Collier as Lady Macbeth.

Real Thing at Last, The (1916 Film)

Director

L.C. MacBean

A burlesque of Macbeth which imagines how the play would be adapted and filmed by an American producer. The New York Times critic, reviewing the London screening, noted ‘The drama ends happily with a...

When Macbeth Came to Snakeville (1914 Film)

Director

Roy Clements

Comedy western. The world’s greatest tragedian is due to perform at Snakeville’s Opry House. The Tank Town troupe arrives and stays at Slim’s (Potel) boarding house. Slim’s wife Sophie (Joslin) is...

Macbeth (1913 Film)

A version of Macbeth with Arthur Bouchier and Violet Vanbrugh. Other leading parts were played by German actors.

Macbeth (1911 Film)

Fiction short. Macbeth directed for stage by F.R. Benson with Benson and his wife, Constance, in the leading roles. Filmed at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre.

Macbeth (1909 Film)

Director

André Calmettes

Fiction film version of Macbeth directed by André Calmettes with Paul Mounet and Jeanne Delvair as the Macbeths. The film owed much to theatrical convention. Ball (op cit) comments ‘Actors are forever...

Macbeth (1909 Film)

Director

Mario Caserini

Silent version of Macbeth presented as an historical spectacle and directed by Mario Caserini with Dante Capelli and Maria Gasperini as the Macbeths. Contemporary accounts speak of ‘very fine tableaux’...

Macbeth (1908 Film)

Director

William V. Ranous

Fiction film of Macbeth containing at least 17 sequences with the focus on the first half of the play. Shot largely in the studio, the film was not well received by the trade papers and its censorship by...