Romeo and Juliet | |
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Directed by | J. Stuart Blackton |
Based on | Romeo and Juliet 1597 play by William Shakespeare |
Produced by | J. Stuart Blackton |
Starring | Paul Panzer Florence Lawrence |
Distributed by | Vitagraph Studios |
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Running time | 15 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent film |
The first American film version of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet was a silent film short made in 1908 made by Vitagraph Studios.[1] Directed by J. Stuart Blackton, it was filmed at Bethesda Terrace in Manhattan, New York.
The film starred Paul Panzer as Romeo and Florence Lawrence as Juliet.
It is now considered lost.