Romeo and Juliet (1916 Fox film)

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Romeo and Juliet
Film poster
Directed by	J. Gordon Edwards
Produced by	William Fox
Written by	Adrian Johnson
Based on	Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Starring	Theda Bara Harry Hilliard
Cinematography	Phil Rosen
Distributed by	Fox Film Corporation
Release dates	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> October 22, 1916 (1916-10-22)
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent English intertitles

Bara (center) in a scene from the film

Romeo and Juliet is a 1916 American silent romantic drama film directed by J. Gordon Edwards and starring Theda Bara. The film was based on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and was produced by the Fox Film Corporation.^[1]

The film was shot at the Fox Studio in was shot in Fort Lee, New Jersey.^[2]

1 Competing versions of Shakespeare
2 Cast
3 Preservation status
4 See also
5 References
6 External links

Competing versions of Shakespeare

This film and other Shakespeare-oriented pictures were released in 1916, the 300th anniversary of William Shakespeare's death. This film went up against direct competition from another feature-length Romeo and Juliet film from Metro Pictures starring Francis X. Bushman and Beverly Bayne.

In a recorded interview, Bushman states that William Fox had spies working for Metro, and stole some of the intertitles from the Metro version. Fox rushed his version into the theatres in order to capitalize on exhibiting his film first. Bushman recalled going to see Fox's Romeo and Juliet and was startled to see the intertitles from his film flash on the screen.

Cast

Theda Bara as Juliet
Harry Hilliard as Romeo
Glen White as Mercutio
Walter Law as Friar Laurence
John Webb Dillon as Tybalt
Einar Linden as Paris
Elwin Eaton as Montague
Alice Gale as Nurse
Helen Tracy as Lady Capulet
Victory Bateman as Lady Montague
Jane Lee
Katherine Lee
May De Lacy
Edward Holt as Capulet

Preservation status

This film is now considered a lost film.^[1]

References

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External links

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v t e William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
Characters	Romeo Juliet Mercutio Tybalt Benvolio Friar Laurence Nurse Paris Rosaline Queen Mab Atomy
Sources	The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet Pyramus and Thisbe Palace of Pleasure Troilus and Criseyde Ephesiaca
Ballets	Romeo and Juliet (1938, Prokofiev) Romeo and Juliet (1962, Cranko) Romeo and Juliet (1965, MacMillan) Romeo and Juliet (1977, Nureyev) Romeo and Juliet (1965, Lavery) Radio and Juliet (2005) Romeo + Juliet (2007, Martins) Romeo and Juliet (2008, Pastor)
Operas	Romeo und Julie (1776, Benda) Giulietta e Romeo (1796, Zingarelli) Giulietta e Romeo (1825, Vaccai) I Capuleti e i Montecchi (1830, Bellini) Gloria (1874, Cilea) Roméo et Juliette (1867, Gounod) A Village Romeo and Juliet (1907, Delius) Romeo und Julia (1940, Sutermeister) Romeo und Julia (1943, Blacher)
Musicals	The Belle of Mayfair (1906) West Side Story (1957) Once on This Island (1990) Roméo et Juliette, de la Haine à l'Amour (2001) Giulietta e Romeo (2007) & Juliet (2019)
Classical	Beethoven's String Quartet No. 1 (c. 1800) Roméo et Juliette (1839, Berlioz) Romeo and Juliet (1870, Tchaikovsky)
On screen	1900 1908 1916 Metro Pictures 1916 Fox 1936 1940 1953 1954 1955 1964 1967 1968 BBC 1978 (TV) 1992 (TV) 1996 2006 2013 Film adaptations
TV series	Sons and Daughters (1982) Family and Friends (1990) Villa Quintana (1995) Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team (1996) Yo amo a Paquita Gallego (1998) Skin (2003) A Touch Away (2006) Dangerous (2007) Romeo × Juliet (2007) Romeo y Julieta (2007) Saints & Sinners (2007) Harina de otro costal (2010) Villa Quintana (2013) Westside (2013 pilot) Star-Crossed (2014) Still Star-Crossed (2017)
Plays	Romanoff and Juliet (1956) People's Romeo (2010) Romeo and Juliet (2013)
Songs	Lan và Điệp (1930s) "Montagues and Capulets" (1935) "Fever" (1956) "Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet" (1968) "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" (1976) "Angelo" (1978) "Romeo and Juliet" (1978) "Romeo and Juliet" (1981) "Cherish" (1989) "Ranjana" (1994) "Amor Prohibido" (1994) "Kissing You" (1996) "Starcrossed" (2004) "Peut-être toi" (2006) "Mademoiselle Juliette" (2007) "Love Story" (2008) "Love Me Again" "Laal Ishq" "Mor Bani Thanghat Kare" "Nagada Sang Dhol" "Ram Chahe Leela" (2013)
Albums	Romeo and Juliet (1968) Romeo + Juliet (1996) Romeo & Julia (2006) Tragic Lovers (2008) Star-Crossed (2021) Rosaline (2022)
Literature	Les Chouans The Wandering Jew (1844) The Stolen Dormouse (1941) The Faraway Lurs (1963) The Destruction of Faena (1989) Romiette and Julio (2001) New Moon (2006) Warm Bodies (2010)
Art	Romeo and Juliet: the Tomb Scene (1790) Romeo and Juliet (1978)
Phrases	"Star-crossed" "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet"
Story within a story	Nicholas Nickleby 1912 film 1947 film 1980 play 2001 film 2002 film The Picture of Dorian Gray 1910 film 1913 film 1915 film 1916 film 1917 German film 1917 Hungarian film 1945 film 1976 TV special 2009 film Harlequinade W Juliet "Nothing Broken but My Heart" Panic Button Bare: A Pop Opera Bolji život The Sky Is Everywhere Pay as You Exit The White Mercedes She Died a Lady "Moonshine River" Rendez-vous Fame "I Am Unicorn" The Frog Prince Molly Smart Girls Get What They Want Tumbleweeds "The Thief of Baghead" The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke Prince Charming Km. 0 Phileine Says Sorry Hamateur Night "Say You'll Be Mine" Into the Gauntlet Wandering Son K-On!
Other	Such Tweet Sorrow Romeo and Juliet effect Romeo and Juliet laws After Juliet "Upper West Side Story" (2012) Millennium Dome Show Inge Sylten and Heinz Drosihn Boys Don't Cry My Wedding and Other Secrets Donkey in Lahore Upside Down Letters to Juliet Sherlock Gnomes Romeo and Juliet in Sarajevo

v t e J. Gordon Edwards
Director	St. Elmo (1914) Life's Shop Window (1914) Anna Karenina (1915) A Woman's Resurrection (1915) Should a Mother Tell? (1915) The Song of Hate (1915) The Blindness of Devotion (1915) The Galley Slave (1915) The Unfaithful Wife (1915) The Green-Eyed Monster (1916) A Wife's Sacrifice (1916) The Spider and the Fly (1916) Under Two Flags (1916) Her Double Life (1916) Romeo and Juliet (1916) The Vixen (1916) The Darling of Paris (1917) The Tiger Woman (1917) Her Greatest Love (1917) Tangled Lives (1917) Heart and Soul (1917) Camille (1917) The Rose of Blood (1917) Madame Du Barry (1917) The Forbidden Path (1918) The Soul of Buddha (1918) Under the Yoke (1918) Cleopatra (1917) When a Woman Sins (1918) The She-Devil (1918) The Light (1919) Salomé (1919) When Men Desire (1919) The Siren's Song (1919) A Woman There Was (1919) The Lone Star Ranger (1919) Wolves of the Night (1919) The Last of the Duanes (1919) Wings of the Morning (1919) Heart Strings (1920) The Adventurer (1920) The Orphan (1920) The Joyous Troublemaker (1920) If I Were King (1920) Drag Harlan (1920) The Scuttlers (1920) His Greatest Sacrifice (1921) The Queen of Sheba (1921) Nero (1922) The Silent Command (1923) The Shepherd King (1923) The Net (1923) It Is the Law (1924)
Screenwriter	The Blindness of Devotion (1915) A Wife's Sacrifice (1916) The She-Devil (1918) The Queen of Sheba (1921)
Producer	A Daughter of the Gods (1916)
Related articles	Filmography Blake Edwards

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