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Romeo and Juliet is a american film of genre Drama directed by Francis X. Bushman released in USA on 19 october 1916 with Francis X. Bushman

Romeo and Juliet (1916)

Romeo and Juliet
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Released in USA 19 october 1916
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OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Romance
Rating69% 3.4906053.4906053.4906053.4906053.490605

Romeo and Juliet is a lost 1916 American silent film based on William Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet. John W. Noble is credited as director and Francis X. Bushman and Beverly Bayne star as the lovers. This film was produced in 1916, the 300th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, and was released amongst many other commemorations of the "Bard".

This film was produced and released in direct competition with another film, Romeo and Juliet produced by William Fox, starring Theda Bara, and released three days later. Bushman later claimed, in an interview, that he went to see the Theda Bara version and was shocked to see that Fox had added some intertitles from the Metro version.

Actors

Francis X. Bushman

(Romeo)Beverly Bayne

(Juliet)John Davidson

(Paris)Fritz Leiber

(Mercutio)Lawson Butt

(Tybalt (as W. Lawson Butt))
And :
William Morris
Robert Cummings
Helen Dunbar
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