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1946. Macbeth, Willow Productions. Directed by Thomas A. Blair.
1945. Strange Illusion, Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC). Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer. With James Lydon (Paul Cartwright). Hamlet adapted to a California political family whose patriarch has been the victim of a mysterious accident and whose son is having strange and prophetic dreams.
1942. To Be or Not to Be, Romaine Film Corporation. Directed by Ernst Lubitsch. With Jack Benny (Joseph Tura) and Carole Lombard (Maria Tura). During the occupation of Poland, a troupe of ham stage actors engaged in a production of Hamlet uses parts of the play to prevent information about the Resistance from reaching the Nazis.
1940. The Boys from Syracuse, Universal Pictures. Directed by A. Edward Sutherland. Based on the Rogers and Hart Broadway musical inspired by The Comedy of Errors.
1939. Tower of London, Universal Pictures. Directed by Rowland V. Lee. With Basil Rathbone (Richard, Duke of Gloucester), Boris Karloff (Mord), and Vincent Price (Duke of Clarence). A version of Richard III.
1936. Romeo and Juliet, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). Directed by George Cukor. With Norma Shearer (Juliet), Leslie Howard (Romeo), John Barrymore (Mercutio), Edna May Oliver (Nurse), and Basil Rathbone (Tybalt).
1935. A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Warner Brothers Pictures. Directed by William Dieterle and Max Reinhardt. With James Cagney (Bottom), Joe E. Brown (Flute), Dick Powell (Lysander), Mickey Rooney (Puck), Victor Jory (Oberon), and Olivia de Havilland (Hermia).
1929. The Taming of the Shrew, Elton Corporation and United Artists. Directed by Sam Taylor. With Mary Pickford (Katherine) and Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. (Petruchio). Released in both silent and sound versions.
1924. Antony and Cleopatra, Universal Pictures. Directed by Bryan Foy. Silent.
1924. Romeo and Juliet, Mack Sennett Comedies. Directed by Reggie Morris and Harry Sweet. Silent.
1920. Romeo and Juliet, Star Comedy and Universal Film Manufacturing Company. Directed by Vin Moore. Silent.
1919. A Sagebrush Hamlet, Jesse D. Hampton Productions. Directed by Joseph Franz. With William Desmond (Larry Lang) and Walter Perry (Sheriff John Doe). Hamlet set in the Old West. Silent.
1917. The Mad Lover, Robert Warwick Film Corporation. Directed by Léonce Perret. With Robert Warwick (Robert Hyde). A version of Othello; also known as A Modern Othello. Silent.
1916. King Lear, Thanhouser Film Corporation. Directed by Ernest C. Warde. Silent.
1916. Macbeth, Reliance Film Company. Directed by John Emerson. Silent.
1916. Master Shakespeare, Strolling Player, Thanhouser Film Corporation. Directed by Frederick Sullivan. Silent.
1916. Romeo and Juliet, Fox Film Corporation. Directed by J. Gordon Edwards and Maxwell Karger. With Theda Bara (Juliet). All copies of this film have been lost. Silent.
1916. Romeo and Juliet, Quality Pictures Corporation. Directed by Francis X. Bushman and John W. Noble. Silent.
1914. The Merchant of Venice, Universal Film Manufacturing Company. Directed by Phillips Smalley and Lois Weber. Silent.
1914. Venus and Adonis, Selig Polyscope Company. Directed by Otis Turner. Silent.
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