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MOVIES! R EGISTER S TAFF EDITOR: Carole M Richard III Society, Inc. Volume XXI No. 3 Fall, 1996 MOVIES! R EGISTER S TAFF EDITOR: Carole M. Rike 4702 Dryades St. New Orleans, LA 70115 (504) 897-9673 FAX (504) CompuServe: 72406,514 E-Mail: AOL: or READING E DITOR: Myrna Smith 1996 Society, Inc., American Branch. Rt. 1 Box 232B Hooks, TX 75561 may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any (903) FAX: (903) 547-6866 means mechanical, recording or ARTIST: Susan Dexter information storage retrieval- without 1510 Delaware Avenue New Castle, PA 16105-2674 Society. Articles submitted by members remain property of author. The Ricardian Register E XECUTIVE B OARD four times per year. Subscriptions are available at $18.00 annually. Dr. Compton Reeves Dept. of History Bentley Hall The Richard III Society is a non-profit, educational Ohio University Athens, OH 45701-2979 corporation. Dues, grants and contributions are e-mail: tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. 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We feature on our cover the newest on the subject of the Shakespeare play Al Pacino’s Looking For Richard, whose progress all of us have followed in the media during the eight years of its production, wondering what Mr. would bring to the subject. Now we can know, as it opened in New York City on October 7. That is no longer the case. For film buffs, emergence of a mint-condition print is reason for rejoicing, like stumbling on a Rembrandt in the attic. The movie billed in 1912 as the “Sensation of the Century.” The role of Shakespeare’s Richard III as generous to Mr. Warde (who had toured with the great Edwin Booth) as it has been to other actors over the years. And thanks to William a one-time projectionist Mr. Buffum’s career began in the 1920s when he from Portland, Oregon we now have the 1912 edition of used a hand-cranked projector and charged a nickel for Richard starring Frederick Warde, which is a shows for other kids. he became a projectionist and long-lost classic and oldest film existent in America. developed an interest in collecting. The print was acquired in a trade in 1960. Mr. had been showing the film to family and On October 29, premier in Los Angeles. friends for 35 years, rewinding it by hand to the Once again, my apologies for the tardiness of this issue. nitrate film from sticking. After selling his home and I am hopeful that relinquishment of my positsion as failing to find a for his collection of silent movies, Membership Secretary in Society will allow mc to donated his print of the movie to the American stay more current with the Register! Film Institute in Los Angeles. “I’d showed the films many, many and nobody wanted them,” he says. IN T HIS ISSUE 4 AFI Discovers Oldest Surviving American 7 William Shakespeare’s In Film And Television I Richard The Third: An Assessment of the Louis Donors To Society Funds 13 Treasurer’s Report, 14 Scattered Standards 15 Ricardian Reading, 16 Ricardian Post 21 Ricardians At International Congress On Medieval Studies, 21 From Fiction Librarian, 22 Greetings From The Parent Society, 23 Chapter Contacts 24 Ricardian Register Fall, 1996 seeks to prove that everyone can enjoy Shakespeare, and that his tales are timeless in their exploration of human nature. I’m confusedjust explaining it, so I can imagine bow you must bearing me. It’s and I don’t know we’re even doing this at ail. Pacino to producer Michael Hadge during production While throwing themselves into their characters, Pacino A film by Al Pacino and his actors had to break down centuries of barriers surrounding one of Shakespeare’s most complicated and intimidating works. “You don’t need to understand every single word that’s said, as long as you get the gist Ambition like unto a thirst. going on. Just trust it and you’ll get it,” says Pacino. In Ambition Angel’s threw to defiance of tradition, the viewer is allowed to go behind Ambition (that infernal Hag) the scenes and witness the actual process of acting. The Ambitiously made me aspire, rebel. weightier aspects of Richard III are levied by informal Richard tbe III, of England and France, shots of the actors digging their teeth into their roles in Lord of Ireland, etc. by John Taylor (1630) an often comic and sometimes heated forum. Pacino’s methods of analysis are insightful, amusing and For the first time in his lengthy career, Al Pacino dons engrossing. As he stands in London’s legandary Globe three hats as creator, director and star of Looking for Theatre and in the austere halls of New York City’s In the vein Fellini’s Cloisters Museum, Pacino transcends the barrier 8 Pacino’s impassioned project intertwines the between actors and their audience. telling of Shakespeare’s gripping drama of power, lust and betrayal with an intimate look at the be opens his purse to give us our rewards actors’ and filmmakers’ processes as they grapple with conscienceflies out. their characterizations and with translating their First Murderer (I.iv. enthusiasm for the play on to film. Pacino takes the cameras on a free-spirited comic romp through the dollars a day streets York to the birthplace of Shakespeare, and can eat. finally, to an emotionally-charged production Alec Baldwin. III. in top with the scorns the sun. Duke of Gloucester Ricardian Register His devoted pantheon of performers evidently had their Throughout Looking for Richard, Pacino’s appearance own heartfelt enthusiasm for the project. “Some of these undergoes a variety of metamorphoses, visually actors returned the checks we gave them and told us to illustrating the number of years it took to complete the put the money in the film instead.” film. His devotion to the project kept him focused, even during the protracted periods he was unable to work on Let us survey vantage of the ground. the film due to commitments on other movies. The some men of sound direction; completion of the film marks the culmination of a Let’s lack no discipline, make no delay, journey begun decades ago. Pacino first realized that For, lords, tomorrow is a busy day. Shakespeare could be de-constructed if patiently King Richard III (V. iii. 16-19) explained when he was touring colleges in the late 70s. ‘When I first let the students know I was going to read We’re nevergoing making movie. Shakespeare, they were reluctant to listen to it. But we even get Richard III.
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