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Romeo and Juliet

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Romeo and Juliet

Not who you're looking for? Others named Romeo and Juliet: tragedy by William Shakespeare · 1900 film by Clément Maurice · Sylk-E. Fyne song · 1977 ballet by Rudolf Nureyev

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Overview

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. The film was shot at the Fox Studio in Fort Lee, New Jersey, and is now considered to be lost. 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. Plot summary

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Notable quotes

“From love's weak childish bow she lives unharm'd.”
— Romeo, l. 209
“He jests at scars that never felt a wound.”
— Romeo, l. 1
“Thy wit is a very bitter sweeting; it is a most sharp sauce.”
— Mercutio, l. 74
“Thou! why, thou wilt quarrel with a man that hath a hair more, or a hair less, in his beard than thou hast: thou wilt quarrel with a man for cracking nuts, having no other reason but because thou hast hazel eyes.”
— Mercutio, l. 16
“O fortune, fortune! all men call thee fickle.”
— Juliet, l. 60
“Being holiday, the beggar's shop is shut.”
— Romeo, l. 56

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

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No public IJR answers mention Romeo and Juliet yet. As people ask about it and share their answers, they'll appear here.

Notable quotes

“From love's weak childish bow she lives unharm'd.”
— Romeo, l. 209
“He jests at scars that never felt a wound.”
— Romeo, l. 1
“Thy wit is a very bitter sweeting; it is a most sharp sauce.”
— Mercutio, l. 74
“Thou! why, thou wilt quarrel with a man that hath a hair more, or a hair less, in his beard than thou hast: thou wilt quarrel with a man for cracking nuts, having no other reason but because thou hast hazel eyes.”
— Mercutio, l. 16
“O fortune, fortune! all men call thee fickle.”
— Juliet, l. 60
“Being holiday, the beggar's shop is shut.”
— Romeo, l. 56

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

Overview

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. The film was shot at the Fox Studio in Fort Lee, New Jersey, and is now considered to be lost. 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. Plot summary

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Not who you're looking for? Others named Romeo and Juliet: tragedy by William Shakespeare · 1900 film by Clément Maurice · Sylk-E. Fyne song · 1977 ballet by Rudolf Nureyev