Cardinal Wolsey (film)

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Cardinal Wolsey
Directed by Laurence Trimble
Written by Hal Reid
Based onthe play Henry VIII by William Shakespeare
Produced by Vitagraph Company of America
StarringHal Reid
Clara Kimball Young
Tefft Johnson
Julia Swayne Gordon
Distributed by General Film Company
Release date
  • March 5, 1912 (1912-03-05)
Running time
1 reel
CountryUSA
LanguageSilent..English titles

Cardinal Wolsey is a 1912 silent short film drama directed by Laurence Trimble, written by and starring Hal Reid. It was based on the play Henry VIII by William Shakespeare. It was produced by the Vitagraph Company of America and distributed through the General Film Company. [1] [2]

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An incomplete copy of the film is preserved in the National Film and Television Archive, British Film Institute. [3]

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References

  1. Pictorial History of the Silent Film, p.28 c.1953 by Daniel Blum ISBN   0-399-50667-5
  2. The Clara Kimball Young website; Greta deGroat, Stanford University
  3. Cardinal Wolsey at silentera.com