The Real Thing at Last
The Real Thing at Last
Watch the real thing at last Movies2Watch. Satirical silent movie based on the play Macbeth written in 1916 by Peter Pan creator and playwright J. M. Barrie as a parody of the American entertainment industry. The film was made by the newly created British Actors Film Company in response to news that American filmmaker D. W. Griffith intended to honor the 300th anniversary of William Shakespeare's death by producing of a film version of the play. It was subtitled A Suggestion for the Artists of the Future. It was screened at a charity benefit attended by the royal family, but was not widely distributed, and no copies are known to survive.
- Genre: Comedy
- Country: United Kingdom
- Director: L.C. MacBean
- Cast: Edmund Gwenn, Marie Lohr, Ernest Thesiger,
