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In 1899, when film projection was barely three years old, Herbert Beerbohm Tree was filmed as King John. In his highly entertaining history, Robert Hamilton Ball traces in detail the fate of Shakespeare on silent films from Tree's first effort until the establishment of sound in 1929. The silent films brought Shakespeare to a wide public who had never had the chance to see his plays in the theatre. And Shakespeare gave the film makers an air of respectability that was badly needed by a medium with a reputation for frivolity.
This work, first published in 1968, brings history to life with excerpts from scenarios, from reviews and from contemporary film journals, and with reproduction of stills and frames from the films themselves, including unusual shots of leading screen actors. This is a valuable source book for film experts, enhanced by full notes, bibliography and indexes; a fresh approach for Shakespeareans; and a vivid sketch of a world that has passed for all.
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INDEX OF NAMES
Abbey, May, 343
Abbott, Warren Hastings, 148
Abel, Alfred, 270
Abingdon, W. B., 322
Abrahams, A. E., 184
Abrams, Lou, 370
Acker, Edward, 351
Ackerman, Walter, 56
Acord, Art, 367
Achterberg, Fritz, 272
Adeney, Eric, 189
Adolfi, John G., 43, 45
Adorée, Renée, 374
Aicken, Elinor, 323
Ainley, Henry, 78
Ainsworth, Sydney, 373
Aitken, Harry E., 362
Aitken, Spottiswood, 231
Albers, Hans, 297
Alden, Mary, 362
Alexander, Ben, 362
Alexander, E., 333
Alexander, Sir George, 164
Alexandre, René, 325, 353
Allen, John E., 317, 339, 342, 363
Allen, Willi, 287
Alstrup, Carl, 98, 326
Alten, Ferdinand von, 279, 287, 377
âAluredâ, 303
Ambrosio, Arturo, 169, 170, 347
Ames, Gerald, 221
Ames, Hector, 362
Andean, Richard, 189
Ander, Charlotte, 297
Anderson, Mignon, 146, 200, 339
Andréani, Henri, 202, 325, 331
Annard, J., 75
Annenkoff, Barbara von, 297
Arbuckle, Fatty (Roscoe), 199, 357
Aretino, Pietro, 287
Arey, Wayne, 241, 366
Arling, Charles, 358
Armes, D., 209
Arthur, John, 237
Arthur, Paul, 223, 224
Astor, Mary, 270
Atkins, Robert, 189
Atkinson, Josephine (Mrs. Paul Panzer), 43, 311
Aubert, L., 352
Auer, Florence, 45, 52, 312, 313
Azzuri, Paulo, 346
Backner, Arthur, 220
Backner, Constance, 220
Bacqué, André, 127
Badger, Clarence, 267
Bailey, Gordon, 75
B...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Original Copyright Page
- Dedication
- CONTENTS
- To the Reader
- I. Pioners and all: The Beginnings of Shakespeare Film (1899-1907)
- II. What, All in Motion? : Shakespeare by Vitagraph (1908-1911)
- III. Cranks and Offices: Others American (1908-1911)
- IV. Inexplicable Dumbshows: English Films (1908-1911)
- V. Strange Motions: The Continent (1908-1911)
- VI. Increase the Reels: 1912 to World War I
- VII. These Visions Did Appear: During the War
- VIII. Let Me Have Leave to Speak: 1920 to Sound
- Whatâs Past Is Prologue
- Explanations and Acknowledgments
- Bibliography
- Index of Films
- Index of Names