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Romeo and Juliet (1916 Fox film)
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Wikipedia article
'Romeo and Juliet' is a 1916 American silent romantic drama film directed by J. Gordon Edwards and starring Theda Bara. The film was based on Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet' and was produced by the Fox Film Corporation. The film was shot at the Fox Studio in Fort Lee, New Jersey, and is now considered to be lost.[https://web.archive.org/web/20141225003106/http://www.thegreatstars.com/lost_film_wanted.htm Romeo and Juliet (1916 Fox) at TheGreatStars.com; Lost Films Wanted] (Wayback Machine)
Competing versions of Shakespeare
This film and other Shakespeare-oriented pictures were released in 1916, the 300th anniversary of William Shakespeare's death. This film went up against direct competition from another feature-length 'Romeo and Juliet' film from Metro Pictures starring Francis X. Bushman and Beverly Bayne.
In a recorded interview, Bushman states that William Fox had spies working for Metro, and stole some of the intertitles from the Metro version. Fox rushed his version into the theatres in order to capitalize on exhibiting his film first. Bushman recalled going to see Fox's 'Romeo and Juliet' and was startled to see the intertitles from his film flash on the screen.
Cast
* Theda Bara as Juliet
* Harry Hilliard as Romeo
* Glen White as Mercutio
* Walter Law as Friar Laurence
* John Webb Dillion as Tybalt
* Einar Linden as Paris
* Elwin Eaton as Montague
* Alice Gale as Nurse
* Helen Tracy as Lady Capulet
* Victory Bateman as Lady Montague
* Jane Lee
* Katherine Lee
* May De Lacy
* Edward Holt as Capulet
See also
* 'Romeo and Juliet' on screen
* List of lost films
* 1937 Fox vault fire
References
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