Richard III (1912 film)

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Richard III
Directed by	André Calmettes James Keane
Produced by	J. Stuart Blackton M.B. Dudley
Written by	James Keane William Shakespeare
Starring	Robert Gemp
Distributed by	States Rights Independent Exchanges
Release date(s)	October 15, 1912
Country	France United States
Language	English
Budget	$30,000 (estimated)
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Richard III (1912) is a 55-minute film starring Frederick Warde as Richard III. The film, a French/U.S. coproduction, was produced by Film d'Art and released through the independent states rights film distribution system. The film was directed by French film director André Calmettes, who had previously directed the films The Assassination of the Duke of Guise (1908) with a music score composed by Camille Saint-Saëns, La Tosca (1909) based on the play by Victorien Sardou, and La Dame aux Camélias (1910) with Sarah Bernhardt. Richard III was adapted from the play by William Shakespeare by playwright James Keane.

In 1996, a pristine print of the film was found by a private collector and donated to the American Film Institute. It is considered to be the earliest surviving American feature film^[1].

On June 26, 2001, Kino International released the film on DVD, which includes a 17-minute documentary film Rediscovering Richard: Looking Back on a Forgotten Classic.