Macbeth (1908 film)

{{Infobox film

| name = Macbeth

| director = James Stuart Blackton

| writer = William Shakespeare (play)

| starring = William Ranous

| released = {{film date|1908|4|19}}

| country = United States

| language = Silent with English intertitles

}}

Macbeth is a silent 1908 American film directed by James Stuart Blackton based on the William Shakespeare play of the same name.{{Cite book |last=Davies |first=Anthony |url=https://books.google.pt/books?id=plzijQIwOfIC&pg=PA5&dq=Macbeth+(1908+film)&hl=fr&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjxma6Djv-LAxWoR_EDHfYREWIQ6AF6BAgHEAM#v=onepage&q=Macbeth%20(1908%20film)&f=false |title=Shakespeare and the Moving Image: The Plays on Film and Television |last2=Wells |first2=Stanley |date=1994 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-43573-4 |language=en}} It is the second known film version of that play after a short fighting sequence was filmed in 1905 by an unknown director. It was a black and white silent film that had English intertitles. It is currently unknown if any print of the film still exists.{{Cite web|url=http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/M/MacbethShakespearesSub1908.html|title=Silent Era : Progressive Silent Film List|website=www.silentera.com |access-date=April 3, 2021}} A police report to censorship authorities mentioning the scene of the murder of Duncan in the film "might otherwise stand unabashed as the first piece of intelligent criticisim in the field of Shakespearean film".