Romeo and Juliet
Also known as Romeo y Julieta in Venezuela
(1911) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by [?] Barry O’Neil?
Cast: George A. Lessey [Romeo], Julia M. Taylor [Juliet], [?] Mrs. George W. Walton or Mrs. George W. Walters? [the nurse], David Andrada [Paris], Robert Halt [Friar Lawrence], William Garwood
Thanhouser Company production; distributed by Motion Picture Distributing & Sales Company. / From the play The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. / Released as two separate reels on 1 September 1911 (part one) and 8 September 1911 (part two). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was released in the United Kingdom on 8 March 1913.
Drama: Romance.
Survival status: Print exists (of reel two at approximately 950 feet); and in the British Film Institute National Archive film archive.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Authors: William Shakespeare (1564?-1616)
Listing updated: 27 January 2010.
References: Ball-Shakespeare pp. 70-73, 128a, 317, 389; Blum-Silent p. 25; Tarbox-Lost p. 56, 58 : Website-IMDb.
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