Dear friends, Milestone is bringing out a video release the British Film Institute and its National Film & Television Archive produced of wonderful early Shakespeare films from 1899 - 1911. HOWEVER, the BFI doesn't have any stills or publicity material from these films and the frame blowups really can't help with the box design or the publicity stills. We've checked out many of the likely suspects but are hoping that any of you on the list might have stills or publicity materials, or know someone or some organization who does. I'd appreciate any help you can provide. Thanks! The films are: King John (Great Britain 1899) Director: W-K.L. Dickson Production company: British Mutoscope and Biograph Company Herbert Beerbohm Tree King John The Tempest (Great Britain 1908) Director: Percy Stow Production company: Clarendon Film Company Cast not known A Midsummer Night's Dream (USA 1909) Director: J. Stuart Blackton/Charles Kent Production company: Vitagraph Company of America William V. Ranous Bottom Maurice Costello Lysander Walter Ackerman Demetrius King Lear (Re Lear) (Italy 1910) Director: Gerolamo Lo Savio Production company: Film d'Arte Italiana Ermete Novelli King Lear Francesca Bertini Cordelia Twelfth Night (USA 1910) Director: Charles Kent Production company: Vitagraph Company of America Florence Turner Viola Charles Kent Malvolio Julia Swayne Gordon Olivia The Merchant of Venice (Il Mercante di Venezia) (Italy 1910) Director: Gerolamo Lo Savio Production company: Film d'Arte Italiana Ermete Novelli Shylock Olga Giannini Novelli Portia Francesca Bertini Jessica Richard III (Great Britain 1911) Production company: Co-operative Film Company F.R. Benson Richard III Alfred Brydone Edward IV Dennis Doros Milestone Film & Video 275 West 96th Street, Suite 28C New York, NY 10025 Phone: (212) 865-7449 Fax: (212) 222-8952 Email: [log in to unmask] ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]