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Cardinal Wolsey
(1912) American
B&W : One reel
Directed by Larry Trimble (Laurence Trimble)

Cast: Hal Reid, Tefft Johnson, Clara Kimball Young, Julia Swayne Gordon, Logan Paul, Robert Gaillard, Harold Wilson, George Ober

The Vitagraph Company of America production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Scenario by Hal Reid, from the play Henry VIII by William Shakespeare. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / Young’s film debut. The film was released in the United Kingdom at 997 feet on 30 May 1912.

Drama.

Survival Status: Incomplete print exists in the National Film and Television Archive of the British Film Institute film archive [872 feet].

Keywords: Authors: William Shakespeare (1564?-1616) - Religion: Catholics: Cardinals

Listing updated: 7 October 2008.

References: Ball-Shakespeare pp. 56, 135, 136-139, 192a, 338, 385; Blum-Silent p. 28; Magliozzi-Treasures n. 4812.