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Lear is an old man blind to his weaknesses. He decides to divide his kingdom among his three daughters according to who recites the best declaration of love. Goneril and Regan pretend to love him but treat him cruelly. Cordelia is loyal... See more »
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King Lear
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Cordelia
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The Duke of Albany
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The Earl of Kent
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Edmund
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The King's Fool
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Edgar
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King of France
Ina Hammer ...
Goneril
Edith Diestel ...
Regan
Charles Brook ...
The Duke of Cornwall (as Charles Brooks)
Robert Whittier ...
Oswald
Henry Ardsley ...
Gloucester

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Ernest C. Warde

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Philip Lonergan ... (adaptation)
 
Geoffrey of Monmouth ... (source material)
 
William Shakespeare ... (play)

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Edwin Thanhouser ... producer

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John M. Bauman
William Zollinger

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Lear is an old man blind to his weaknesses. He decides to divide his kingdom among his three daughters according to who recites the best declaration of love. Goneril and Regan pretend to love him but treat him cruelly. Cordelia is loyal but, confusing honesty with insolence, he disowns her. Written by Anonymous

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Taglines INA HAMMER Wayne Arey and Fredrick Warde In great Thanhouser Shakesperean play- seven big, powerful acts. (Print Ad-Daily Argus, ((Mount Vernon, NY)) 23 January 1917) See more »
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Trivia Final film of Lorraine Huling. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in The Thanhouser Studio and the Birth of American Cinema (2014). See more »
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