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Twelfth Night
(1910) United States of America
B&W : One reel / 970 feet
Directed by [?] William V. Ranous and/or Eugene Mullen and/or Charles Kent?
Cast: Florence Turner [Viola], Charles Kent [Malvolio], Julia Swayne Gordon [Olivia], Tefft Johnson [Orsino], Edith Storey [Sebastian], Marin Sais [Maria], William Humphrey [Sir Toby Belch], James Young [Sir Andrew Aguecheek]
The Vitagraph Company of America production; distributed by The Vitagraph Company of America. / Produced by J. Stuart Blackton and Albert E. Smith. Scenario by Eugene Mullen, from the play Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare. / Released [?] 3 or 5? February 1910. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / [?] Sais’ film debut? The film was originally slated to be released on 8 January 1910, with the date rescheduled to 25 January 1910, and subsequently delayed into February 1910. Original film prints were hand tinted.
Comedy: Historical.
Survival status: Print exists in the British Film Institute National Archive film archive [35mm hand-tinted nitrate positive (incomplete)].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Authors: William Shakespeare (1564?-1616)
Listing updated: 23 January 2025.
References: Film viewing : Ball-Shakespeare pp. 56-60, 88, 96c, 314, 390; Blum-Silent p. 19 : MovPicWorld-19100108 p. 18 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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[The Moving Picture World, 8 January 1910, page 18] “The Twelfth Night,” the magnificent Shakespearean film announced for January 25, will not be issued until some time in February, the date being advanced to make room for the third reel of Moses.
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