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King Lear
(1916) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Ernest C. Warde

Cast: Frederick Warde [King Lear], Ernest C. Warde [the king’s fool], Ina Hammer [Goneril], Lorraine Huling [Cordelia], Wayne Arey [the Duke of Albany], Edith Diestal [Regan], Charles Brooks [the Duke of Cornwall], J.H. Gilmour [the Earl of Kent], Boyd Marshall [the King of France], Hector Dion [Edmund], Edwin Stanley [Edgar], Robert Whittier [Oswald]

Thanhouser Film Corporation production; distributed by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated [A Gold Rooster Play]. / Scenario by Philip Lonergan, from the play King Lear by William Shakespeare. Cinematography by John M. Bauman and William M. Zollinger. / No copyright registration. Released 17 December 1916. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / [?] Slide-Aspects p. 77 states that Pathé refused to release the film.

Drama: Historical.

Survival status: Print exists in the film holdings of JEF Films, Incorporated.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Authors: William Shakespeare (1564?-1616)

Listing updated: 4 January 2023.

References: Ball-Shakespeare pp. 241-244, 256b, 365-366; Limbacher-Feature p. 131; Slide-Aspects p. 77 : Website-AFI; Website-Thanhouser.

Home video: DVD.

 
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