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Master Shakespeare, Strolling Player
(1916) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Frederic Sullivan (Frederick Sullivan)

Cast: Florence La Badie [Miss Gray], Robert Vaughn [Lieutenant Stanton], Lawrence Swinburne [William Shakespeare], Robert Whittier [Francis Bacon]

Thanhouser Film Corporation production; distributed by Mutual Film Corporation [Mutual Masterpictures De Luxe Edition]. / Produced by Edwin Thanhouser. Scenario by Philip Lonergan. Cinematography by C.W. Hoffman (Charles W. Hoffman). / No copyright registration. Released 20 April 1916. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production commemorated the tercentenary of Shakespeare’s death.

Drama.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 18 March 2012.

References: Ball-Shakespeare pp. 228-229, 362, 388 : Website-IMDb.