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King Lear

Name: King Lear
Director: Ernest C. Warde
Released: 1916-01-01

1916 film by Ernest C. Warde

FilmfilmQ3815417

Released: 1916
Director: Ernest C. Warde
Producer: Edwin Thanhouser
Cast: Frederick Warde
, Ernest C. Warde
, Charles Brook
, Boyd Marshall
+7 more
Genre: silent film
, drama film
Country of origin: United States
Original language: none
Production company: Thanhouser Company

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King Lear is a 1916 silent film based on the 1606 play, directed by Ernest C. Warde and starring his father, the noted stage actor Frederick Warde. The film is one of a spate of Shakespearean films produced at the time to coincide with the 300th anniversary celebrations of William Shakespeare's death.

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Title: King Lear
Aspect ratio (W:H): 4:3
Color: black-and-white
Copyright status: public domain applies to jurisdiction: United States
Characters: Lear
Goneril
Regan
Cordelia
Edmund

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