Romeo and Juliet | |
Director: | J. Stuart Blackton |
Producer: | J. Stuart Blackton |
Starring: | Paul Panzer Florence Lawrence |
Distributor: | Vitagraph Studios |
Runtime: | 15 minutes |
Country: | United States |
Language: | Silent film |
The first American film version of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet was a silent film short made in 1908 made by Vitagraph Studios.[1] Directed by J. Stuart Blackton, it was filmed at Bethesda Terrace in Manhattan, New York.
The film starred Paul Panzer as Romeo and Florence Lawrence as Juliet.
It is now considered lost.