The Taming of the Shrew
(1908) United States of America
B&W : One reel / 1048 feet
Directed by D.W. Griffith
Cast: Florence Lawrence [Katherina], Arthur Johnson, Linda Arvidson, Harry Solter, W.J. Butler, Charles Inslee, [?] Frank Gebhardt or George Gebhardt?
American Mutoscope & Biograph Company production; distributed by American Mutoscope & Biograph Company. / Scenario by [?] D.W. Griffith?, from the play The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare. Cinematography by Arthur Marvin and G.W. Bitzer. / © 11 November 1908 by American Mutoscope & Biograph Company [H118185]. Released 10 November 1908. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Biograph production number 3487. The production was shot in the Biograph studio on 1 October 1908 (by Marvin) and on-location at Coytesville, New Jersey, on 7 October 1908 (by Bitzer).
Comedy-Drama: Historical.
Survival status: Prints exist in the Library of Congress film archive (paper print collection) [35mm paper positive, 16mm reduction preservation negative, 16mm reduction preservation positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Authors: William Shakespeare (1564?-1616) - USA: New Jersey: Coytesville
Listing updated: 11 May 2018.
References: Ball-Shakespeare pp. 62-66, 67, 96d, 286, 315, 390; Barry-Griffith p. 41; Maltin-Selected p. 1; Niver-Early p. 320; Spehr-American p. 3; Whitfield-Pickford p. 74 : Website-AFI.
Home video: DVD.
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