Macbeth (1922 film)

{{short description|1922 film directed by H. B. Parkinson}}

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| name = Macbeth

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| director = H. B. Parkinson

| producer = Frank Miller

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| based_on = Play Macbeth by William Shakespeare

| starring = Russell Thorndike, Sybil Thorndike

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| released = {{Film date|1922}}

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| country = United Kingdom

| language = Silent film (English intertitles)

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Macbeth is a black and white 1922 film adaptation of the William Shakespeare play Macbeth. It was the last silent film version of that play produced, and the eighth film adaptation of the play. It was directed by H. B. Parkinson and produced by Frank Miller.{{Cite book |last=Leonard |first=Kendra Preston |url=https://www.google.pt/books/edition/Shakespeare_Madness_and_Music/-91975YbbnIC?hl=fr&gbpv=1&dq=H.B+.+Parkinson+Macbeth&pg=PA136&printsec=frontcover |title=Shakespeare, Madness, and Music: Scoring Insanity in Cinematic Adaptations |date=2009-07-09 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-6958-5 |language=en}} The film is part of a series of film adaptations of Shakespeare with Sybil Thorndike{{Cite book |last=The Film Renter and Moving Picture News |url=https://archive.org/details/film-renter-and-moving-picture-news-1922-07/page/n29/mode/2up?q=%22Macbeth%22+%22Thorndike%22+%22H.+B.+Parkinson%22 |title=The Film Renter and Moving Picture News (July-August 1922) |date=1922 |others=New York Public Library}} and her interpretation of Lady Macbeth was noted at the time.{{Cite book |last=The Film Renter and Moving Picture News |url=https://archive.org/details/film-renter-and-moving-picture-news-1922-09/page/n89/mode/2up?q=%22Macbeth%22+%22Thorndike%22+%22H.+B.+Parkinson%22 |title=The Film Renter and Moving Picture News (September-October 1922) |date=1922 |others=New York Public Library}}