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Macbeth is a 1948 American historical drama directed by Orson Welles. A film adaptation of William Shakespeare's tragedy of the same name, it tells the story of the Scottish general who becomes the King of Scotland through treachery and murder. The film stars Welles in the lead role and Jeanette Nolan (in her feature film debut) as Lady Macbeth.
Orson Welles and Jeanette Nolan as Macbeth and Lady Macbeth in Welles' 1948 film adaptation of the play. Orson Welles' 1948 Macbeth, in the director's words a "violently sketched charcoal drawing of a great play," [4] was filmed in only 23 days and on a budget of just $700,000. These filming conditions allowed only a single abstract set, and ...
Lord Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis and quickly the Thane of Cawdor, is the title character and main protagonist in William Shakespeare's Macbeth (c. 1603–1607). The character is loosely based on the historical king Macbeth of Scotland and is derived largely from the account in Holinshed's Chronicles (1577), a compilation of British history.
The year 1948 in film involved some significant events. ... Macbeth, directed by and starring Orson Welles; The Mating of Millie, starring Evelyn Keyes and Glenn Ford;
Macbeth, on the other hand, has lost his capacity to feel anything. Fiennes allows us to register the enormousness of this loss. It's easier in my experience to identify with and excuse the ...
Welles in Citizen Kane (1941) Welles in the trailer for The Lady from Shanghai (1947) Welles as Macbeth in the eponymous Macbeth (1948) Welles in the background of the poster for The Third Man (1949) Welles with Suzanne Cloutier in Othello (1951) Welles (right) as a magician with Lucille Ball in I Love Lucy in 1956 Welles in Touch of Evil (1958 ...
Welles and Jeanette Nolan in Macbeth. Prior to 1948, Welles convinced Republic Pictures to let him direct a low-budget version of Macbeth, featuring highly stylized sets and costumes, and a cast of actors lip-syncing to a pre-recorded soundtrack, one of many innovative cost-cutting techniques Welles deployed in an attempt to make an epic film ...
Jeanette Nolan (December 30, 1911 – June 5, 1998) was an American actress. Nominated for four Emmy Awards, [1] she had roles in the television series The Virginian (1962–1971) and Dirty Sally (1974) and in films such as Macbeth (1948).