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Oh'Phelia a cartoon burlesque by Anson Dyer
- Format:
- Video
- 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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