The Taming of the Shrew (1908 film)

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The Taming of the Shrew
Directed by
G. W. Bitzer

Arthur Marvin
Release date
  • November 10, 1908 (1908-11-10)
Running time
17 minutes (@16 frame/s); original release length 1048 feet[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent film
English intertitles
Play film; runtime 00:17:47.

The Taming of the Shrew is a 1908

American Mutoscope and Biograph Company of New York City. The 17-minute short, which is based on the play of the same name by English playwright William Shakespeare, was filmed in just two days–October 1 and 7, 1908–at Biograph's studio in Manhattan and on location in nearby Coytesville, a borough of Fort Lee, New Jersey.[1]

The blurb for the film stated, "if we could see ourselves as others see us what models we would become."[2]

Cast (in credits order)

The rest of cast listed alphabetically:

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Graham, Cooper C.; Steve Higgins, Elaine Mancini, and João Luiz Viera. "Taming of the Shrew", D. W. Griffith and the Biograph Company. Metuchen, New Jersey and London: The Scarecrow Press, 1985, p. 28. Internet Archive, San Francisco, California. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
  2. ^ Quoted in Robert Hamilton Ball, Shakespeare on Silent Film: A Strange Eventful History (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1968), 63

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