| The Taming of the Shrew | |
| Director: | D. W. Griffith |
| Producer: | American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, New York City |
| Based On: | Play by William Shakespeare |
| Cinematography: | G. W. Bitzer Arthur Marvin |
| Runtime: | 17 minutes (@16 frame/s); original release length 1048 feet[1] |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | Silent film English intertitles |
The Taming of the Shrew is a 1908 silent film directed by D. W. Griffith and produced by the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company of New York City. The 17-minute short, which is based on the play of the same name by English playwright William Shakespeare, was filmed in just two daysOctober 1 and 7, 1908at Biograph's studio in Manhattan and on location in nearby Coytesville, a borough of Fort Lee, New Jersey.[1]
The blurb for the film stated, "if we could see ourselves as others see us what models we would become."[2]
The rest of cast listed alphabetically: