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The Venetian Looking-Glass

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'The Venetian Looking-Glass' was a 1905 French short silent film by Georges Mlis.

The main character, consistently spelled "Schylock" in Mlis's materials, was inspired by Shylock from William Shakespeare's 'The Merchant of Venice'. Shakespeare-on-film scholar Judith Buchanan concludes that the film was "probably only mildly Shakespearean."

The film was sold by Mlis's Star Film Company and is numbered 699701 in its catalogues, where it was advertised as 'une msaventure de Schylock' ("a misadventure of Shylock"). It is currently presumed lost.

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