King Lear (1916)
With Frederick Warde, Ernest C. Warde, Charles Brook, Boyd Marshall, Ina Hammer, Wayne Arey, Edith Diestal, Lorraine Huling
Directed by Ernest C. Warde
King Lear is a 1916 silent film based on the 1606 play, directed by Ernest C. Warde and starring his father, the noted stage actor Frederick Warde. The film is one of a spate of Shakespearean films produced at the time to coincide with the 300th anniversary celebrations of William Shakespeare's death.
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