Twelfth Night (1910)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Directors:

Eugene Mullin
Charles Kent

Writers:

Eugene Mullin (scenario)
William Shakespeare (play)

Release Date:

5 February 1910 (USA)

Genre:

Short | Comedy

Plot:

When Viola and her twin brother Sebastian are shipwrecked and separated, Viola dresses in her brother's...

Plot Keywords:

Shakespeare's Twelfth Night | William Shakespeare | Shakespeare | Based On Play | Number In Title

Cast

Julia Swayne Gordon	...	Olivia
Charles Kent	...	Malvolio
Florence Turner	...	Viola
Edith Storey	...	Sebastian
Tefft Johnson	...	Orsino
Marin Sais	...	Maria
William Humphrey	...	Sir Toby Belch
James Young	...	Sir Andrew Aguecheek

Runtime:

12 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Silent

Company:

Vitagraph Company of America

Movie Connections:

Version of La nuit des rois (1957) (TV)

A Pleasant Silent Shakespeare Feature

This little silent film does a nice job of getting across the flavor of Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night". Naturally, Shakespeare loses a lot without the dialogue, but the characters and situations are entertaining in themselves, and this does a good job of covering the most important parts of the amusing plot with its mix-ups. Most of the characters are rendered with good acting, especially the engaging Viola (Florence Turner) and the haughty Malvolio (who was played by director Kent). It's a pleasant short feature, and crafted carefully enough that even without all of the dialogue from the original play you can enjoy it.