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The Merchant of Venice
(1922) England
B&W : Short film
Directed by Challis Sanderson

Cast: Sybil Thorndike [Portia], Ivan Berlyn [Shylock], R. McLeod [Bassiano]

Master Films production; distributed by British Exhibitors’ Films. / Scenario by Frank Miller, from the play The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The play was previously filmed as The Merchant of Venice (1916). The play was subsequently filmed as Der Kaufmann von Venedig (1923).

Drama: Historical.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: (unknown)

Keywords: Authors: William Shakespeare (1564?-1616)

Listing updated: 26 July 2008.

References: Website-IMDb.