The Taming of the Shrew
Directed byD. W. Griffith
Written byD. W. Griffith
Harry Solter
Based onPlay by William Shakespeare
Produced byAmerican Mutoscope and Biograph Company,
New York City
CinematographyG. W. Bitzer
Arthur Marvin
Release date
  • November 10, 1908 (1908-11-10)
Running time
17 minutes (@16 frame/s); original release length 1048 feet[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent film
English intertitles
Play film; runtime 00:17:47.

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 days–October 1 and 7, 1908–at Biograph's studio in Manhattan and on location in nearby Coytesville, a borough of Fort Lee, New Jersey.[1]

The blurb for the film stated, "if we could see ourselves as others see us what models we would become."[2]

Cast (in credits order)

The rest of cast listed alphabetically:

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Graham, Cooper C.; Steve Higgins, Elaine Mancini, and João Luiz Viera. "Taming of the Shrew", D. W. Griffith and the Biograph Company. Metuchen, New Jersey and London: The Scarecrow Press, 1985, p. 28. Internet Archive, San Francisco, California. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
  2. ^ Quoted in Robert Hamilton Ball, Shakespeare on Silent Film: A Strange Eventful History (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1968), 63

External links

William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew
Films directed by D. W. Griffith
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