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The Real Thing at Last

0/10 1916 4K 30 min
Comedy

Satirical silent movie based on the play Macbeth written in 1916 by Peter Pan creator and playwright J. M. Barrie as a parody of the American entertainment industry. The film was made by the newly created British Actors Film Company in response to news that American filmmaker D. W. Griffith intended to honor the 300th anniversary of William Shakespeare's death by producing of a film version of the play. It was subtitled A Suggestion for the Artists of the Future. It was screened at a charity benefit attended by the royal family, but was not widely distributed, and no copies are known to survive.

The Real Thing at Last
Top Cast
Edmund Gwenn
Edmund Gwenn
Rupert K. Thunder / Macbeth
Marie Lohr
Marie Lohr
Ernest Thesiger
Ernest Thesiger
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