The Merchant of Venice
(1908) United States of America
B&W : One reel / 995 feet
Directed by [?] William V. Ranous and/or J. Stuart Blackton?
Cast: William V. Ranous [Shylock], Julia Swayne Gordon [Portia], Florence Turner [Jessica], Maurice Costello, Paul Panzer
The Vitagraph Company of America production; distributed by The Vitagraph Company of America. / Scenario by Liebler (Theodore A. Liebler Jr.), from the play The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare. / © 9 December 1908 by The Vitagraph Company of America [H119440]. Released 22 December 1908. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The play was subsequently filmed as Il Mercante di Venezia (1911).
Drama.
Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive (paper print collection) [35mm paper positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Authors: William Shakespeare (1564?-1616)
Listing updated: 7 December 2024.
References: Ball-Shakespeare pp. 50-51, 88, 312-313, 388; Blum-Silent p. 10; Shipman-Cinema p. 38 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.
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