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Old 02-02-2006, 12:51 AM
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Just watching this cracking film, but I think I must always have missed the opening credits; under the music, interweaved with the cast credits are excerpts of silent Shakespeare. I wasn't entirely sure the clips were genuine until I recgnised two from Sir Johnston's Forbes-Robertson's 1913 Hamlet (one being the swordfight where the sword is being returned) - so I assume the others are as genuine as they looked. One was a very impressive looking Othello....does anyone have a book or know of a site that lists the source films for the clips??? I know I'm in a minority here as regards silents, but Theatre of Blood is a real cult classic so I'm hoping someone can help out...

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The British Film Institute have a DVD in their catalogue SILENT SHAKESPEARE (BFIVD 654) which is a compilation of early Shakespeare films from the National Film Archive. I would imagine that most if not all the clips you are interested in would be on it
See the BFI website www.bfi.org.uk
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The British Film Institute have a DVD in their catalogue SILENT SHAKESPEARE (BFIVD 654) which is a compilation of early Shakespeare films from the National Film Archive. I would imagine that most if not all the clips you are interested in would be on it
See the BFI website www.bfi.org.uk
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Thanks; I have the VHS version; that's where I knew the Hamlet from; but didn't recognise the rest...
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The British Film Institute have a DVD in their catalogue SILENT SHAKESPEARE (BFIVD 654) which is a compilation of early Shakespeare films from the National Film Archive. I would imagine that most if not all the clips you are interested in would be on it
See the BFI website www.bfi.org.uk
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The Bfi issue I have contains:
King John, Tempest, MidsummerND, Lear, 12th night,Merchant oV , RichardIII.
Lear and MOV are colourised.
There is no Hamlet on my copy. Perhaps there is another issue.
As for Theatre of Blood, I always think of Vincent Price as a camp, hammy actor, but in this film in which he plays a camp, hammy actor he is, at times, genuinely moving!
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The Bfi issue I have contains:
King John, Tempest, MidsummerND, Lear, 12th night,Merchant oV , RichardIII.
Lear and MOV are colourised.
There is no Hamlet on my copy. Perhaps there is another issue.
As for Theatre of Blood, I always think of Vincent Price as a camp, hammy actor, but in this film in which he plays a camp, hammy actor he is, at times, genuinely moving!
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No, you're right, it's on Cinema Europe...my mistake.
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