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Macbeth

Name: Macbeth
Director: John Emerson
Released: 1916-01-01

1916 film directed by John Emerson

FilmfilmQ6722796

Released: 1916
Director: John Emerson
Screenwriter: John Emerson
Producer: D. W. Griffith
Cast: Herbert Beerbohm Tree
, Constance Collier
, Francis Carpenter
, George McKenzie
+16 more
Runtime: 80 min
Genre: drama film
, silent film
Country of origin: United States

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Macbeth is a silent, black-and-white 1916 film adaptation of the William Shakespeare play Macbeth. It was directed by John Emerson, assisted by Erich von Stroheim, and produced by D. W. Griffith, with cinematography by Victor Fleming. The film starred Herbert Beerbohm Tree and Constance Collier, both famous from the stage and for playing Shakespearean parts. Although released during the first decade of feature filmmaking, it was already the seventh version of Macbeth to be produced, one of eight during the silent film era. Although 1916 was the middle of WW1, this film was part of numerous festivities to commemorate the 300th anniversary of Shakespeare's death. It is considered to be a lost film.

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Director of photography: Victor Fleming
George W. Hill
Aspect ratio (W:H): 4:3
Title: Macbeth
Color: black-and-white
Based on: Macbeth
Copyright status: public domain applies to jurisdiction: United States
Different from: Macbeth
Characters: Macbeth
Lady Macbeth
Macduff
King Duncan
Banquo
Lady Macduff
Malcolm
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State of transmission: lost

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