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King John
(1899) England
B&W : Short film
Directed by W.K.L. Dickson and Walter Pfeffer Dando
Cast: Herbert Beerbohm Tree [King John], Dora Senior (Dora Tulloch) [Prince Henry], Charles Sefton [Arthur], James Fisher (J. Fisher White) [Earl of Pembroke], S.A. Cookson [Earl of Salisbury], Franklyn McLeay [Hubert de Burgh], Lewis Waller [Philip Faulconbridge], Julia Neilson [Constance], William Mollison [Philip, King of France], Gerald Lawrence [Lewis, the dauphin], Louis Calvert [Cardinal Pandulph], Norman McKinnel [Lymoges], F.M. Paget [Robert Bigot]
[?] British Mutoscope Company, Limited, or British Mutoscope & Biograph Company? production; distributed by [?] British Mutoscope & Biograph Company? / Scenario by Herbert Beerbohm Tree, from the play The Life and Death of King John by William Shakespeare. Business manager, Henry Dana. Historical research by Lionel Hart. Production design by Percy Anderson. Set decoration by Hawes Craven, Joseph Harker and Walter Hann. Wig maker, William Clarkson. Costume design by Percy Anderson. Costume assistants, Mary Fisher and Nathans. Stage manager, Herbert Shelton. Assistant stage manager, Arthur Coe. Cinematography by W.K.L. Dickson. / Released 20 September 1899. / [?] Mutoscope 68mm spherical 1.36:1 format? / [?] Gifford-British n. 00226 lists the cast members and characters as follows: Herbert Beerbohm Tree [King John], Julia Neilson [Constance], Lewis Walker [Phillip], Norman McKinnel [Lymoges].
Drama: Historical.
Synopsis: King John writhes on his throne, attended by a concerned Prince Henry, the Earl of Pembroke and Robert Bigot.
Survival status: Print exists in the British Film Institute National Archive film archive (the BFI print may have been provided by the Eye Film Instituut Nederland).
Current rights holder: (unknown)
Keywords: Authors: William Shakespeare (1564?-1616) - Royalty: Kings
Listing updated: 13 December 2024.
References: Film viewing : Gifford-British n. 00226; O’Leary-Silent p. ? : Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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