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The Taming of the Shrew (1908 film)
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Wikipedia article
'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 daysOctober 1 and 7, 1908at Biograph's studio in Manhattan and on location in nearby Coytesville, a borough of Fort Lee, New Jersey.
The blurb for the film stated, "if we could see ourselves as others see us what models we would become."Quoted in Robert Hamilton Ball, 'Shakespeare on Silent Film: A Strange Eventful History' (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1968), 63
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
* List of American films of 1908
References
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