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Love in a Wood (1915)

Love in a Wood poster
Directed by
Maurice Elvey
Genre
comedy film, silent film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
40 min
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A silent comedy set in the present day of 1915 that adapts William Shakespeare's As You Like It. A young woman flees to the forest where she encounters various lovers and fools.

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What happens

Love in a Wood is a 1915 British silent comedy film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Gerald Ames, Elisabeth Risdon and Kenelm Foss. The film is a contemporary-set version of William Shakespeare's play As You Like It. ”As its title suggests , this film is significant as one of the earliest modern-dress versions of screened Shakespeare.” (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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