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The Merchant of Venice
(1916) England
B&W : (length unknown)
Directed by Walter West

Cast: Matheson Lang [Shylock], Nellie Hutin Britton [Portia], J.R. Tozer (Joseph R. Tozer) [Bassanio], George Skillan [Antonio], Kathleen Hazel Jones [Jessica], Ernest Caselli [Lorenzo], Marguerite Westlake [Nerissa], Terence O’Brien [Tubal], George Morgan [Lancelot]

Broadwest Film Company, Limited, production; distributed by Broadwest Film Company, Limited. / Produced by Walter West. From the play The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare. / Released July 1916. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The play was previously film was The Merchant of Venice (1914). The play was subsequently filmed as The Merchant of Venice (1922).

Drama: Historical.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: (unknown)

Keywords: Authors: William Shakespeare (1564?-1616)

Listing updated: 7 December 2024.

References: Ball-Shakespeare p. 256b : Website-IMDb.