fiction.wikisort.org - MovieRichard III (also known as The Life and Death of King Richard III) is a 1912 silent film adaptation of William Shakespeare's play, co-directed by French filmmaker André Calmettes and American playwright James Keane, and starring Frederick Warde as the title character. The 55-minute film, an international co-production of France and the United States, was produced by Film d'Art and released through the independent states rights film distribution system.
1912 French film
Richard III |
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Directed by | André Calmettes James Keane |
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Written by | James Keane |
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Based on | Richard III (1592–94 play) by William Shakespeare Richard III (1699 play) by Colley Cibber |
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Produced by | J. Stuart Blackton M.B. Dudley |
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Starring | Frederick Warde |
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Production company | Film d'Art |
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Distributed by | States Rights Independent Exchanges |
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Release date |
- October 15, 1912 (1912-10-15)
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Running time | 55 minutes |
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Countries | France United States |
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Language | Silent |
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Budget | $30,000 (estimated) |
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Richard III was adapted from Shakespeare's original and Colley Cibber's 1699 adaptation of the same name. The film was written by Keane, who also appears as Richmond. Filming took place around Westchester, New York and City Island Long Island Sound.[1]
Release and rediscovery
When the film was released in the U.S., actor Frederick Warde would often appear at screenings, giving a short lecture, and then reading extracts from the play during the changing of the reels, which were then called "acts". The film itself begins with Warde, in modern dress, emerging from behind a theatrical curtain and bowing, and concludes with him bowing again, and returning behind the curtain. A traveling actor, Warde discovered it was more economical to single-handedly tour with the film rather than perform the play with an entire theatrical company.[1] The film also features two scenes from 3 Henry VI (the murder of Prince Edward and Richard's murder of Henry VI).[2][3][4]
It is the oldest surviving American feature-length film, and is also thought to be the first feature-length Shakespearean adaptation ever made. As early as 1922, the film was thought lost. It was not until 1996 that a print was discovered, when William Buffum, former projectionist at the Bluebird Theatre in Portland, Oregon, donated his copy to the American Film Institute. The AFI restored the print, transferring it from its nitrate film stock and retouching the hand tinting effect used in the original 1912 release.
On June 26, 2001, Kino International released the film on DVD,[5] with a newly composed score by Ennio Morricone, and a 17-minute documentary film "Rediscovering Richard: Looking Back on a Forgotten Classic".
Cast
- Frederick Warde as Richard, Duke of Gloucester
- Robert Gemp as King Edward IV
- Albert Gardner as Prince Edward of Lancaster
- James Keane as Earl of Richmond
- George Moss as Tressel
- Howard Stuart as Edward
- Virginia Rankin as York
- Violet Stuart as Lady Anne Plantagenet
- Carey Lee as Queen Elizabeth
- Carlotta De Felice as Princess Elizabeth
See also
- List of rediscovered films
References
- p.19 Rothwell, Kenneth S. A History of Shakespeare on Screen: A Century of Film and Television Cambridge University Press, 28 Oct. 2004
- Robert Hamilton Ball, Shakespeare on Silent Film: A Strange Eventful History (London: George Allen and Unwin, 1968), 155–162
- Barbara Freedman, "Critical Junctures in Shakespeare Screen History: The Case of Richard III", in Russell Jackson (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare on Film (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007), 47–50
- Sabine Schülting, ""We can't hear a word!": Shakespeare in Silent Film", in Stefani Brusberg-Kiermeier and Jörg Helbig (eds.), Sh@kespeare in the Media: From the Globe Theatre to the World Wide Web, 2nd Edition (Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 2010), 132–133
- Tribbey, Ralph (April 12, 2001). "DVD NEWS BRIEFS: Rhino Bows 'Swope'; 'Proof of Life' DVD; 'Jungle Girl' Found; Kino's 'Richard III'". hive4media.com. Archived from the original on April 21, 2001. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
Further reading
External links
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- Henry VI, Part 1
- Henry VI, Part 2
- Henry VI, Part 3
- Richard III
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Characters and events | 1 Henry VI |
- Henry VI
- Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester
- Duke of Exeter
- Lord Talbot
- Duke of Bedford
- Richard, Duke of York
- Bishop of Winchester
- Earl of Suffolk
- Duke of Somerset (conflation of John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset and Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset)
- Earl of Warwick
- Earl of Salisbury
- John Talbot
- Edmund Mortimer, Earl of March (conflation of Sir Edmund Mortimer and Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March)
- Sir John Fastolf
- Charles the Dauphin
- Joan la Pucelle
- Margaret of Anjou
- Reignier, Duke of Anjou
- Duke of Alençon
- Bastard of Orléans
- Duke of Burgundy
- Jacques d'Arc
- Siege of Orléans
- Battle of Patay
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2 Henry VI |
- Henry VI
- Queen Margaret
- Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester
- Richard, Duke of York
- Earl of Salisbury
- Earl of Warwick
- Cardinal of Winchester
- Duke of Suffolk
- Duke of Buckingham
- Jack Cade
- Duke of Somerset (conflation of John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset and Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset)
- Duchess of Gloucester
- Edward Plantagenet
- Richard Plantagenet
- Lord Clifford
- Young Clifford
- Margery Jourdayne
- Lord Saye
- Lord Scales
- First Battle of St Albans
- Peasants' Revolt
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3 Henry VI |
- Henry VI
- Queen Margaret
- Richard, Duke of York
- Earl of Warwick
- Edward IV
- Richard, Duke of Gloucester
- George, Duke of Clarence
- Edward, Prince of Wales
- Lord Clifford
- Lady Grey
- Montague
- Earl of Oxford
- Duke of Somerset (conflation of Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset and Edmund Beaufort, 4th Duke of Somerset)
- Lord Hastings
- Sir William Stanley
- Earl of Northumberland
- Duke of Exeter
- Duke of Norfolk
- Earl of Westmorland
- Lord Rivers
- Edmund, Earl of Rutland
- Henry, Earl of Richmond
- Louis XI of France
- Bona of Savoy
- Prince Edward
- Earl of Pembroke
- Lord Stafford
- Lord Bourbon
- Battle of Towton
- Battle of Barnet
- Battle of Wakefield
- Second Battle of St Albans
- Battle of Tewkesbury
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Richard III |
- Richard III
- Duke of Buckingham
- Queen Elizabeth
- Duchess of York
- Queen Margaret
- Lady Neville
- George, Duke of Clarence
- Edward IV
- Lord Hastings
- Lord Stanley, Earl of Derby
- Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond
- Sir William Catesby
- Sir Richard Ratcliffe
- Lord Rivers
- Marquis of Dorset
- Sir James Tyrrell
- Lord Richard Grey
- Prince Edward
- Richard, Duke of York
- Earl of Warwick
- Countess of Salisbury
- Duke of Norfolk
- Archbishop of Canterbury
- Archbishop of York
- Earl of Surrey
- Sir Thomas Vaughan
- Sir Christopher
- Robert Brackenbury
- Lord Lovel
- Ghost of Henry VI
- Ghost of Edward, Prince of Wales
- Lord Mayor of London
- Earl of Oxford
- Sir James Blunt
- Sir William Brandon
- Bishop of Ely
- Sheriff of Wiltshire
- Wars of the Roses
- Princes in the Tower
- Battle of Bosworth Field
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On screen | Tetralogy |
- An Age of Kings (1960; TV)
- The Wars of the Roses (1965; TV)
- BBC Television Shakespeare (1983; TV)
- The Hollow Crown
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Sources |
- The Mirror for Magistrates (1559)
- Holinshed's Chronicles (1577)
- Richardus Tertius (1580)
- The Spanish Tragedy
- The True Tragedy of Richard III (c.1590)
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Historical context |
- Hundred Years' War
- Wars of the Roses
- House of Plantagenet
- House of York
- House of Lancaster
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