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Romeo and Juliet (1908 film)

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Romeo and Juliet
Tybalt and Mercutio duel
Directed byJ. Stuart Blackton
Based onRomeo and Juliet
1597 play
by William Shakespeare
Produced byJ. Stuart Blackton
StarringPaul Panzer
Florence Lawrence
Distributed byVitagraph Studios
Release date
  • June 6, 1908 (1908-06-06) (United States)
Running time
15 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent film

The first American film version of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet was a silent film short made in 1908 made by Vitagraph Studios.[1] Directed by J. Stuart Blackton, it was filmed at Bethesda Terrace in Manhattan, New York.

The film starred Paul Panzer as Romeo and Florence Lawrence as Juliet.

It is now considered lost.

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References

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  1. ^ Buchanan, Judith (2009). Shakespeare on Silent Film: An Excellent Dumb Discourse. Cambridge University Press. p. 108.
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