The Merchant of Venice
(1912) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by [?] Barry O’Neil?
Cast: William J. Bowman, Florence La Badie, Harry Benham, William Russell, Mignon Anderson, Ethyle Cooke Benham (Ethyle Cooke)
Thanhouser Company production. / Scenario by [?] Lloyd F. Lonergan (Lloyd Lonergan) and/or Mrs. Edwin Thanhouser?, from the play The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare. / No copyright registration. Released 26 July 1912. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was released in the United Kingdom by Western Import Company of London on 8 February 1913. The play was previously filmed as Il Mercante di Venezia (1911). The play was subsequently filmed as The Merchant of Venice (1914).
Drama.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Authors: William Shakespeare (1564?-1616)
Listing updated: 18 March 2012.
References: Ball-Shakespeare pp. 146-147, 151, 192b, 339, 388; Blum-Silent p. 27; Slide-Aspects p. 71; Tarbox-Lost p. 97.
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