The Taming of the Shrew (1908 film)
- November 10, 1908 (1908-11-10)
English intertitles
The Taming of the Shrew is a 1908 silent film directed by D. W. Griffith and produced by the 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)
- 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
See also
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Quoted in Robert Hamilton Ball, Shakespeare on Silent Film: A Strange Eventful History (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1968), 63
External links
- The Taming of the Shrew at IMDb
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