Other Studios: H: Hepworth Picture Plays: Othello

Othello

• Hepworth Picture Plays

• Cartoon Characters:

   Othello (Minstrel), Desdemona (Mona).

• Directed By

   Anson Dyer.

• Produced By

   Cecil M. Hepworth.

• Animated By

   Anson Dyer.

• Written By

   Anson Dyer, William Shakespeare.

• Originally Released in July of 1920 (Estimate).

• Originally Released Theatrically.

• Black & White

• United Kingdom

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Cartoon Summary:

A spoof of the William Shakespeare play "Othello," set in contemporary England, where Othello, the Moor of Venice, is a seaside minstrel, while Desdemona is...  (more)

Cartoon Production Information:

Silent cartoon. "Oh'phelia" and a fragment of "Othello" are all that survive today of a number of satirical Shakespeare cutout animations made by pioneering British animator Anson Dyer from 1919...  (more)