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Joe MacBeth is a 1955 British–American crime drama, directed by Ken Hughes [1] and starring Paul Douglas, Ruth Roman and Bonar Colleano. [2] It is a modern retelling of Shakespeare's Macbeth, set in a 1930s American criminal underworld. The film's plot closely follows that of Shakespeare's original play.
The earliest known film Macbeth was 1905's American short Death Scene From Macbeth, and short versions were produced in Italy in 1909 and France in 1910.Two notable early versions are lost: Ludwig Landmann produced a 47-minute version in Germany in 1913, and D. W. Griffith produced a 1916 version in America featuring the noted stage actor Herbert Beerbohm Tree. [1]
The film has been praised for its accuracy in depicting Mafia rituals, which are said to be more authentic than those in The Godfather or GoodFellas.However the film failed to please audiences or critics: Leonard Maltin found it "pretentious" and "unintentionally comic" and Daniel Rosenthal describes it as "providing the most risible chunks of modernised Shakespeare in screen history."
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Joe MacBeth (1955) - Joe MacBeth; The Gamma People (1956) - Mike Wilson; The Leather Saint (1956) - Gus MacAuliffe; The Solid Gold Cadillac (1956) - Edward L. McKeever; Born Yesterday (1956, TV Movie) - Harry Brock; This Could Be the Night (1957) - Rocco; Beau James (1957) - Chris Nolan; Fortunella (1958) - Professor Golfiero Paganica
Olivier's first performance of Shakespeare on screen. It was also the final film of stage actors Leon Quartermaine and Henry Ainley and featured an early screen role for Ainley's son Richard as Sylvius, as well as for John Laurie, who played Orlando's brother Oliver. Laurie would go on to co-star with Olivier in the three Shakespearean films ...
Bertie Carvel plays Donald Trump in The 47th, at The Old Vic theater, in London on April 6, 2022. Mike Bartlett’s play “The 47th” is an audaciously Shakespearean take on recent and future U ...
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