The Merchant of Venice (1916 film)

The Merchant of Venice
Directed byWalter West
Written byWilliam Shakespeare (play)
Produced byWalter West
Starring
Production
company
Release date
  • 1916 (1916)
Running time
86 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Merchant of Venice is a 1916 British silent drama film directed by Walter West and starring Matheson Lang, Hutin Britton, Ernest Caselli. It is an adaptation of William Shakespeare's play The Merchant of Venice.

Production

The film was made by Broadwest. The company hired the complete stage cast of the play and filmed at Walthamstow Studios using largely natural light.[1] The film marked the screen debut of Matheson Lang who went on to become one of the leading British actors of the 1920s. It was not a success.[2]

Cast

References

  1. ^ Bamford, Kenton. Distorted Images: British National Identity and Film in the 1920s. I.B. Tauris, 1999. p. 55.
  2. ^ Low, Rachael (2005). The History of British Film (Volume 3): The History of the British Film 1914 - 1918. Routledge. p. 295. doi:10.4324/9781315005713. ISBN 0415679885 – via Google Books.


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