Romeo and Juliet is a lost[1][2] 1916 American silent film based on William Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet. John W. Noble is credited as director and Francis X. Bushman and Beverly Bayne star as the lovers. This film was produced in 1916, the 300th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, and was released amongst many other commemorations of his works.
This film was produced and released in direct competition with another film, Romeo and Juliet produced by William Fox, starring Theda Bara, and released three days later. Bushman later claimed, in an interview, that he went to see the Theda Bara version and was shocked to see that Fox had added some intertitles from the Metro version.[3]
Plot summary
Cast
- Francis X. Bushman as Romeo
- Beverly Bayne as Juliet
- Horace Vinton as Escalus, Prince of Verona
- John Davidson as Paris
- Eric Hudson as Montague
- Edmund Elton as Capulet
- Leonard Grover as Old Man
- Fritz Leiber, Sr. as Mercutio
- Olav Skavlan as Benvolio
- Lawson Butt as Tybalt
- Robert Cummings as Friar Laurence
- A. J. Herbert as Friar John
- Edwin Boring as Balthasar
- William Morris as Abraham
- Joseph Dailey as Peter
References
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Romeo and Juliet at silentera.com
- ^ Romeo and Juliet(1916/Metro) at The GreatStars.com;Lost Films Wanted(Wayback Machine)
- ^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1911-20 by The American Film Institute, c1988
