Article: Two silent Shakespeares: Richard III and Othello. (Home Video).(Movie Review)

These DVDs add considerably to the range and quality of the Shakespeare films available from the silent era. James Keane's 1912 Richard III is presented in a restored print from the American Film Institute with a score (effectively a Richard III symphony) by Ennio Morricone. The disc includes a short documentary, Rediscovering Richard, which describes the film's survival and identification. Dmitri Buchowetski's Othello (Germany, 1922) comes with four valuable rarities: a 1905 Duel Scene from 'Macbeth' from American Mutoscope and Biograph; D.W.Griffith's brief and boisterous Taming of the Shrew (Biograph, 1908); Max Linder in Pathe's charming Romeo Turns Bandit (1910); and ...

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