King Lear
5.4
An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one.
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Frederick Warde
King Lear
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Ernest C. Warde Director · Philip Lonergan Screenplay William Shakespeare Author
United States release December 17, 1916 · Produced in United States · Production Thanhouser Film Corporation
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Thanhouser Company
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Thanhouser Film Corporation
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United States
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English
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
United States · December 17, 1916
Theatrical
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