Romeo and Juliet (A Romantic Story of the Ancient Feud Between the Italian Houses of Montague and Capulet) (1908)
15m
Running Time
June 6, 1908Release Date
Romeo and Juliet (A Romantic Story of the Ancient Feud Between the Italian Houses of Montague and Capulet) (1908)
15m
Running Time
June 6, 1908Release Date
Plot.
Two feuding houses are united with the marriage and eventual death of their children.
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Details.
Release DateJune 6, 1908
StatusReleased
Running Time15m
Wiki.
The first American film version of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet was a silent film short made in 1908 made by Vitagraph Studios. 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.