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Macbeth

Welles, Orson, 1915-1985 (Added Author). Feldman, Charles K., 1904-1968 (Added Author). Nolan, Jeanette, 1911-1998 (Added Author). O'Herlihy, Dan, 1919-2005 (Added Author). McDowall, Roddy. (Added Author). Barrier, Edgar, 1907-1964 (Added Author). Napier, Alan, 1903-1988 (Added Author). Russell, John L., 1905-1967 (Added Author). Ibert, Jacques, 1890-1962 (Added Author). Lindsay, Louis, 1916-1984 (Added Author). Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 (Added Author). Paramount Pictures, Inc. (Added Author). Mercury Theatre. (Added Author). Olive Films. (Added Author). Orson Welles, Jeanette Nolan, Roddy McDowall, Dan O'Herlihy, Edgar Barrier, Alan Napier. (Cast).

Summary: Eleventh century Scottish nobleman Macbeth is led by an evil prophecy and his ruthless yet desirable wife to the treasonous act that makes him king. But he does not enjoy his newfound, dearly-won kingship.

Record details

  • Physical Description: 2 videodiscs (107, 85 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
    videodisc
  • Publisher: [Hollywood, California] : Paramount Pictures, [2016]
  • Distributor: [St. Charles, Ill.] : Olive Films, [2016]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally released as a motion picture in 1948, re-released in 1950.
Adaptation of the play by William Shakesepeare.
Formatted Contents Note: Disc 1: 1948 version (107 minutes) ; Audio commentary with Welles biographer Joseph McBride. -- Disc 2: 1950 version (85 minutes) ; Welles and Shakespeare -- an interview with Welles expert, Professor Michael Anderegg ; Adapting Shakespeare on Film -- a conversation with directors Carlo Carlei (Romeo & Juliet) and Billy Morrissette (Scotland, PA) ; Excerpt from We Work Again, a 1937 WPA documentary containing scenes from Welles's Federal Theatre Project production of Macbeth ; That Was Orson Welles -- an interview with Welles's close friend and co-author, Peter Bogdanovich ; Restoring Macbeth -- an interview with former UCLA Film & Television Archive Preservation Officer Bob Gitt ; Free Republic: The Story of Herbert J. Yates and Republic Pictures ; Orson Welles's Macbeths an essay by critic Jonathan Rosenbaum.
Creation/Production Credits Note: Director of photography, John L. Russell ; music, Jacques Ibert ; film editor, Louis Lindsay.
Participant or Performer Note: Orson Welles, Jeanette Nolan, Roddy McDowall, Dan O'Herlihy, Edgar Barrier, Alan Napier.
Target Audience Note:
Rating: Not rated.
System Details Note:
Full screen (1.33:1) presentation.
Language Note:
Optional English subtitles.

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