Metro announces William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet / produced by Quality Pictures Corporation with Francis X. Bushman and Beverly Bayne ; directed by John W. Noble and Francis X. Bushman ; assisted by Edward Elsner and Rudolph de Cordova.
1917
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Metro announces William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet / produced by Quality Pictures Corporation with Francis X. Bushman and Beverly Bayne ; directed by John W. Noble and Francis X. Bushman ; assisted by Edward Elsner and Rudolph de Cordova.
Uniform title
Promotional material for (work): Romeo and Juliet (Motion picture : 1916 (Metro))
Published
[New York?] : Metro Pictures Corporation, [1917?]
Description
4 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
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Note
Souvenir booklet for a screening of John W. Noble and Francis X. Bushman's 1916 production of Romeo and Juliet, starring Francis X. Bushman and Beverly Bayne. Film of this adaptation no longer exists. Bushman & Noble's version was in direct competition with an adaptation produced by William Fox and starring Theda Bara, released the same week.
"A $250,000 Stupendous Masterpiece accredited by critics to be one of the photoplay wonders of the world."
"STRAND, One Day Only, April 14, Prices Matinee and Evenning: 15c and 25c."
Metro's Romeo and Juliet was released in October 1916, suggesting that this screening is for the following April (1917).
"A $250,000 Stupendous Masterpiece accredited by critics to be one of the photoplay wonders of the world."
"STRAND, One Day Only, April 14, Prices Matinee and Evenning: 15c and 25c."
Metro's Romeo and Juliet was released in October 1916, suggesting that this screening is for the following April (1917).
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Manhattan (New York, N.Y.), event place.
Place of creation/publication
United States -- New York (State) -- New York.
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ART Vol. f273
Folger accession
268240