The Taming of the Shrew (1908 film)
The Taming of the Shrew is a 1908 silent film directed by D. W. Griffith. It was based on Shakespeare's play of the same name.
The Taming of the Shrew | |
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Directed by | D. W. Griffith |
Written by | D. W. Griffith Harry Solter based on the William Shakespeare play |
Cinematography | G.W. Bitzer Arthur Marvin |
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Running time | 17 minutes (@16 frame/s) |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent film English intertitles |
The blurb for the film stated "if we could see ourselves as others see us what models we would become."[1]
Cast (in credits order)
- Florence Lawrence ... Katharina
- Arthur V. Johnson ... Petruchio
- Linda Arvidson ... Bianca
- Harry Solter ... Katharina's Father
The rest of cast listed alphabetically:
- Charles Avery ... Music Teacher
- William J. Butler
- Gene Gauntier ... Wedding Party
- George Gebhardt ... One of Bianca's Suitors
- Guy Hedlund
- Charles Inslee ... One of Bianca's Suitors
- Wilfred Lucas
- Jeanie Macpherson ... Wedding Party
- Charles Moler
- Mack Sennett ... Petruchio's Servant
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See also
References
- Quoted in Robert Hamilton Ball, Shakespeare on Silent Film: A Strange Eventful History (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1968), 63
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