Duel scene from Macbeth. Taming of the shrew. Romeo turns bandit. Desdemona. For Åbent Tæppe.
Notes:
Emil Jannings, Werner Krauss, Lya De Putti, Ica von Lenkeffy. Based on the play by William Shakespeare. "Presented in association with the National Film Museum, Inc."--Container. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1922. Supplemental features: four silent Shakespearean shorts preserved by the Library of Congress; Duel scene from MacBeth, The taming of the Shrew, Romeo turns bandit, Desdemona.
Contents:
Supplemental features, Four silent Shakespearean shorts: Duel scene from Macbeth (American Mutoscope and Biograph Co., 1905) ; The taming of the shrew, (Biograph, 1908 ; directed by D.W. Griffith) ; Romeo turns bandit (Pathé Frères, 1910 with Max Linder--in color) ; Desdemona = For Åbent Tæppe (Nordisk, 1911, directed by August Blom, with Valdemar Psilander).
Summary:
"Cavernous chambers and stony battlements cast shadows of impending doom upon Othello and Desdemona as the mephistophelian Iago dances about them, methodically destroying their happiness and steering them toward their bitter fate with impish delight."--Container.
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