The Merchant of Venice (1916 film)
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Genre Drama Duration Country United Kingdom | 4.6/10 IMDb Director Walter West Adapted from The Merchant of Venice Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writer William Shakespeare (play) Release date 1916 Cast Matheson Lang, Hutin Britton, George Skillan, Terence OBrien People also search for Shakespeares Merchant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Merchant of Venice is a 1916 British silent drama film directed by Walter West and starring Matheson Lang, Hutin Britton, Ernest Caselli. It is an adaptation of William Shakespeares play The Merchant of Venice.
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Production
The film was made by Broadwest. The company hired the complete stage cast of the play and filmed at Walthamstow Studios using largely natural light. The film marked the screen debut of Matheson Lang who went on to become one of the leading British actors of the 1920s.
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The Merchant of Venice (1916 film) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA
The Merchant of Venice (1916 film) IMDb
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