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Oh'Phelia a cartoon burlesque by Anson Dyer

Shakespeare in Silent Film Available online

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Dyer, Anson, 1876-1962, director.
Hepworth, Cecil M., 1874-1953, producer.
AM (Publisher), digitiser.
British Film Institute, owner.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Hamlet.
Shakespeare, William.
Animated films.
Genre:
Fiction films
Silent films
Physical Description:
1 online resource (1 video file (10 min., 18 sec.)) silent with intertitles, black and white
Production:
[London] Hepworth Picture Plays 1919
Contained In:
Shakespeare in silent film
Language Note:
Silent film with English intertitles
Summary:
Cartoon burlesque of Hamlet. 'Amlet, the Gloomy Dane, drives Ophelia dotty by offering her vegetables instead of flowers, then cutting off her hair ("to bob or not to bob"). Laertes (bearing a close resemblance to William S. Hart) complains to the King of 'Amlet's behaviour, and Ophelia pelts the court with vegetables. 'Amlet, filled with remorse, joins the Boy Scouts. Ophelia falls into the river, and 'Amlet is able to apply first-aid on account of his Boy Scout manual. They embrace. Includes English intertitles
Credits:
Director, Anson Dyer ; author of original work, William Shakespeare ; producer, Cecil M. Hepworth
Notes:
Original film format: 35mm
Vendor supplied data
OCLC:
1582416943

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