The merchant of Venice (1916)

Format:

Video

Contributor:

West, Walter, active 1916, director, producer.

AM (Publisher), digitiser.

British Film Institute, owner.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Merchant of Venice.

Shakespeare, William.

Genre:

Fiction films

Silent films

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (30 min., 37 sec.)) silent with intertitles, black and white

Production:

[London] Broadwest Film Company 1916

Contained In:

Shakespeare in silent film

Language Note:

Silent film with English intertitles

Summary:

Part two of a 1916 British adaptation of The Merchant of Venice. It begins with Antonio agreeing to borrow money from Shylock, ending with the start of Portia's foiling of Shylock's claim for a pound of a debtor's flesh. Includes English intertitles

Please be aware that this film includes racist representations which some people may find distressing

Participant:

Nellie Hutin Britton, Ernest Caselli, Kathleen Hazel Jones, Matheson Lang, George Morgan, Terence O'Brien, George Skillan, J R Tozer, Marguerite Westlake

Credits:

Director, Walter West ; author of original work, William Shakespeare ; producer, Walter West

Notes:

Original film format: 35mm

Vendor supplied data

Related Work:

Based on : Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Merchant of Venice http://viaf.org/viaf/181845272

OCLC:

1582416551