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Macbeth, Shakespeare’s Sublime Tragedy
(1908) United States of America
B&W : One reel / 835 feet
Directed by [?] J. Stuart Blackton and/or William V. Ranous?

Cast: William V. Ranous [Macbeth], Miss Carver [?] (Adele Carver or Louise Carver)? [Lady Macbeth], Paul Panzer [Macduff], Charles Kent [Banquo; and King Duncan], Florence Lawrence [a banquet guest], Florence Turner [a banquet guest], [?] Édouard de Max?

The Vitagraph Company of America production; distributed by The Vitagraph Company of America. / Produced by J. Stuart Blackton. From the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare. Production design by Frank R. Benson. / © 2 April 1908 by The Vitagraph Company of America [H108162]. Released [?] 17 or 19? April 1908. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. Color-tinted. / The play was subsequently filmed as Macbeth (1910).

Drama: Historical.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

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

Listing updated: 13 December 2024.

References: Ball-Shakespeare pp. 39, 41-43, 45, 49, 88, 310, 387; Slide-BigV p. 179 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.