The Merchant of Venice (1916 film)

The Merchant of Venice
Directed by	Walter West
Produced by	Walter West
Written by	William Shakespeare (play)
Starring	Matheson Lang Hutin Britton Terence O'Brien
Production company	Broadwest
Release dates	1916
Running time	86 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

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 Shakespeare's play The Merchant of Venice.

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.^[1] The film marked the screen debut of Matheson Lang who went on to become one of the leading British actors of the 1920s.

Cast

Matheson Lang - Shylock
Hutin Britton - Portia
Ernest Caselli - Lorenzo
Kathleen Hazel Jones - Jessica
George Morgan - Lancelot
Terence O'Brien - Tubal
George Skillan - Antonio
Joseph Tozer - Bassanio
Marguerite Westlake - Nerissa

References

↑ Bamford p.55

Bibliography

Bamford, Kenton. Distorted Images: British National Identity and Film in the 1920s. I.B. Tauris, 1999.

External links

The Merchant of Venice at the Internet Movie Database

The films of Walter West

The Woman Who Did (1915)
A London Flat Mystery (1915)
The Merchant of Venice (1916)
The Hard Way (1916)
The Answer (1916)
Burnt Wings (1916)
The Ware Case (1917)
The Knockout Blow (1917)
The House Opposite (1917)
Sisters in Arms (1918)
A Fortune at Stake (1918)
Not Negotiable (1918)
Missing the Tide (1918)
Under Suspicion (1919)
The Gentleman Rider (1919)
Snow in the Desert (1919)
A Great Coup (1919)
A Daughter of Eve (1919)
The Case of Lady Camber (1920)
Kissing Cup's Race (1920)
Her Son (1920)
Vi of Smith's Alley (1921)
The Loudwater Mystery (1921)
The Imperfect Lover (1921)
A Sportsman's Wife (1921)
When Greek Meets Greek (1922)
Was She Justified? (1922)
The Scarlet Lady (1922)
Son of Kissing Cup (1922)
What Price Loving Cup? (1923)
The Lady Owner (1922)
In the Blood (1923)
Hornet's Nest (1923)
Beautiful Kitty (1923)
The Stirrup Cup Sensation (1924)
The Great Turf Mystery (1924)
Trainer and Temptress (1925)
A Daughter of Love (1925)
Woodcroft Castle (1926)
The Stolen Favourite (1926)
The Golden Spurs (1926)
Riding for a King (1926)
Beating the Book (1926)
Sweeney Todd (1928)
Maria Marten (1928)
Warned Off (1930)
Hundred to One (1933)
Bed and Breakfast (1938)

William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice

Characters	Shylock Antonio Portia

Sources	The Jew of Malta

On screen	1916 1923 1980 (TV) 2004 unfinished One Man Band (unfinished)

Adaptations	Le marchand de Venise (1935, opera) Shylock (1987, musical)

Derivative works	Serenade to Music (1938) Shylock (1996) Yasser (2001) The Maori Merchant of Venice (2002)

Related	"All that glitters is not gold" "All the world's a stage" "Between you and I" Quibble Letter and spirit of the law "Ding Dong Bell" "The quality of mercy"

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