Hamlet (Original title)
Date: 1948 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Laurence Olivier
Synopsis: Filmed adaptation of the Shakespeare play.
Genre: Drama
Subject: Hamlet (play)
Releases
Date: 1948Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 155 mins Length: 13926 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: April 2016Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 155 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Title: DVD reviews: Olivier's Shakespeare (1944-55)Author: GARTSIDE, Will Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
Description: DVD reviews for: HENRY V / HAMLET / RICHARD III.
In: Literature/Film Quarterly v34 n2 2006 Pages: 120-129
Title: "To be or not to be" in "The Belly of the Whale"; A...Author: KHOURY, Yvette K. Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: "...Reading of Joseph Campbell's "Modern Hero" Hypothesis in Hamlet on Film". Focuses on the Laurence Olivier, Franco Zeffirelli, Kenneth Branagh and Michael Almereyda films.
In: Sight and Sound v15 n9 September 2005 Page: 90
Title: The Rank CollectionAuthor: MACNAB, Geoffrey Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
Description: Includes BRIEF ENCOUNTER, The 39 STEPS, GENEVIEVE, The WICKED LADY, HENRY V, HAMLET, A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH, The RED SHOES.
In: Literature/Film Quarterly v28 n2 2000 Pages: 101-111
Title: Gertrude's willow speech: word and film imageAuthor: SCOLNICOV, Hanna Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Part of a whole issue on Shakespeare on film, this article examines the contradictory accounts of Ophelia's death in Hamlet, looking at the Olivier (1948), Kozintsev (1964), Zeffirelli (1990) and Branagh (1996) versions.
In: Literature/Film Quarterly v28 n2 2000 Pages: 112-117
Title: The effects of primacy and recency upon audience response...Author: LAKE, James H. Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Part of a whole issue on Shakespeare on film, this article examines audience response to Hamlet, focusing on the versions directed by Olivier (1948), Kozintsev (1964), Lyth (1984), Zeffirelli (1990) and Branagh (1996).
In: Shakespeare Bulletin v16 n3 Summer 1998 Pages: 36-37
Title: The Fortunes of Fortinbras in three film versions of...Author: WALTON, David Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: A discussion of the character of Fortinbras in film versions of Hamlet directed by Laurence Olivier, Rodney Bennett and Kenneth Branagh
In: Literature/Film Quarterly v25 n2 1997 Pages: 111-118
Title: "In the Rank Sweat of an Enseamed Bed": Sexual Aberration...Author: SIMMONS, James R Jr. Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: ..."and the Paradigmatic Screen Hamlets". Argues that Hamlet's sexuality is a central issue in a number of screen versions of the play. In an issue about Shakespeare adaptations.
In: Literature/Film Quarterly v25 n2 1997 Pages: 119-124
Title: Freud's Footprints in Films of HamletAuthor: WELLER, Philip Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Examines how the Oedipal nature of the Hamlet story has become fixed in the popular understanding of the play and its film versions. In an issue about Shakespeare adaptations.
In: Cinéaste v22 n3 December 1996 Pages: 46-47
Title: [Cinéaste - v22 n3 December 1996: no known title]Author: CROWDUS, Gary Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Shakespeare Bulletin v11 n1 Winter 1993 Pages: 36-37
Title: Three Hamlets on FilmAuthor: SHALTZ, Justin Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Comparison of three versions of HAMLET; the Tony Richardson (1969); Laurence Olivier (1948); and Franco Zeffirelli (1990), especially their depiciton of the ghost of Hamlet's father and the final duel scene.
In: Empire n3 September 1989 Page: 93
Title: Empire directoryAuthor: ERRIGO, Angie Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Eyepiece v10 n7 October 1989 Pages: 17-18
Title: There is a Divinity that ShapesAuthor: STURGESS, Ray Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Brief account of the production of HAMLET, written by one of the technicians working on the film.
In: Cinema Journal v26 n4 Summer 1987 Pages: 22-48
Title: [Cinema Journal - v26 n4 Summer 1987: no known title]Language: English
Description: 'Olivier, Hamlet and Freud'.
In: Literature/Film Quarterly v1 n4 Autumn 1973 Pages: 316-320
Title: [Literature/Film Quarterly - v1 n4 Autumn 1973: no known title]Language: English
In: Celulóide v4 n58 October 1962 Page: 5
Title: [Celulóide - v4 n58 October 1962: no known title]Language: Portuguese
In: British Journal of Photography v96 n4673 9 Dec 1949 Page: 591
Title: [British Journal of Photography - v96 n4673 9 Dec 1949: no known title]Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Article on the music in the film.
In: La Revue du Cinéma v3 n18 October 1948 Page: 57
Title: [La Revue du Cinéma - v3 n18 October 1948: no known title]Language: French
Description: Comparison between Olivier's HAMLET and Welles' MACBETH.
In: Today's Cinema v70 n5643 5 May 1948 Page: 15
Title: [Today's Cinema - v70 n5643 5 May 1948: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v15 n173 May 1948 Page: 60
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v15 n173 May 1948: no known title]Language: English
Description: 15.
In: Sight and Sound v17 n66 Summer 1948 Page: Summer 99
Title: [Sight and Sound - v17 n66 Summer 1948: no known title]Language: English
In: Bianco e Nero v9 n5 July 1948 Page: 76
Title: [Bianco e Nero - v9 n5 July 1948: no known title]Language: Italian
In: Page: 17
Title: [ - : no known title]
In: Page: 19
Title: [ - : no known title]
Description: Article on music in the film.
Author: Forsyth, Neil Pages: viii, 223 pages
Title: Shakespearean star: Laurence Olivier and national cinema
Author: BARNES, Jennifer Pages: xi, 216 pages
Description: The book also includes discussion of Olivier's unrealised film version of Macbeth.
Title: Cinematic Hamlet: the films of Olivier, Zeffirelli, Branagh, and Almereyda
Author: COOK, Patrick J. Pages: v, 257 p.
Title: Shakespeare on screen: Hamlet
Author: HATCHUEL, Sarah Pages: 550 pages
Description: Also discusses television documentary Joseph Papp Presents: Rehearsing Hamlet (1983) and television series Sons of Anarchy (2008-2014).
Title: Muir Mathieson 1911-1975: a life in film music
Author: HETHERINGTON, S.J. Pages: 288 p.
Title: Shakespeare in the cinema: ocular proof
Author: BUHLER, Stephen M. Pages: xi, 213p.
Title: Hamlet
Author: HAPGOOD, Robert Pages: v-xv, 296p.
Title: Shakespeare on film
Author: SHAUGHNESSY, Robert Pages: vii-xi, 205p.
Title: Hamlet
Author: DAWSON, Anthony B. Pages: 261p.
Title: The tools of screenwriting: a writer's guide to the craft and elements of a screenplay
Author: HOWARD, David Pages: 298p.
Title: Laurence Olivier and the art of film making
Author: SILVIRIA, Dale Pages: 309p.
Title: Laurence Olivier directs Shakespeare: a study in film authorship
Author: SINGER, Susan Sugarman Pages: 233p.
Description: Dissertation submitted to Northwestern University , Evanston, Illinois, June 1979).
Title: The Oliviers; a biography
Author: BARKER, Felix Pages: xii, 313p.
Description: CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA pp. 217-230 GONE WITH THE WIND pp. 147-161 HAMLET (1948) pp. 253-264 HENRY V pp. 202-216
Title: film Hamlet; a record of its production
Author: CROSS, Brenda Pages: 76p.
Title: Shakespeare and the eloquence of cinematic space: a study of spatial strategy in some Shakespearean films
Author: DAVIES, Anthony Pages: 2 vols. 418p.
Description: Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, Shakespeare Institute, Faculty of Arts, University of Birmingham, April 1983.
Date: 1948 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Laurence Olivier
Synopsis: Filmed adaptation of the Shakespeare play.
Genre: Drama
Subject: Hamlet (play)
Releases
Date: 1948Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 155 mins Length: 13926 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: April 2016Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 155 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(23)
In: Film International v6 n5 2008 Pages: 70-72Title: DVD reviews: Olivier's Shakespeare (1944-55)Author: GARTSIDE, Will Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
Description: DVD reviews for: HENRY V / HAMLET / RICHARD III.
In: Literature/Film Quarterly v34 n2 2006 Pages: 120-129
Title: "To be or not to be" in "The Belly of the Whale"; A...Author: KHOURY, Yvette K. Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: "...Reading of Joseph Campbell's "Modern Hero" Hypothesis in Hamlet on Film". Focuses on the Laurence Olivier, Franco Zeffirelli, Kenneth Branagh and Michael Almereyda films.
In: Sight and Sound v15 n9 September 2005 Page: 90
Title: The Rank CollectionAuthor: MACNAB, Geoffrey Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
Description: Includes BRIEF ENCOUNTER, The 39 STEPS, GENEVIEVE, The WICKED LADY, HENRY V, HAMLET, A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH, The RED SHOES.
In: Literature/Film Quarterly v28 n2 2000 Pages: 101-111
Title: Gertrude's willow speech: word and film imageAuthor: SCOLNICOV, Hanna Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Part of a whole issue on Shakespeare on film, this article examines the contradictory accounts of Ophelia's death in Hamlet, looking at the Olivier (1948), Kozintsev (1964), Zeffirelli (1990) and Branagh (1996) versions.
In: Literature/Film Quarterly v28 n2 2000 Pages: 112-117
Title: The effects of primacy and recency upon audience response...Author: LAKE, James H. Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Part of a whole issue on Shakespeare on film, this article examines audience response to Hamlet, focusing on the versions directed by Olivier (1948), Kozintsev (1964), Lyth (1984), Zeffirelli (1990) and Branagh (1996).
In: Shakespeare Bulletin v16 n3 Summer 1998 Pages: 36-37
Title: The Fortunes of Fortinbras in three film versions of...Author: WALTON, David Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: A discussion of the character of Fortinbras in film versions of Hamlet directed by Laurence Olivier, Rodney Bennett and Kenneth Branagh
In: Literature/Film Quarterly v25 n2 1997 Pages: 111-118
Title: "In the Rank Sweat of an Enseamed Bed": Sexual Aberration...Author: SIMMONS, James R Jr. Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: ..."and the Paradigmatic Screen Hamlets". Argues that Hamlet's sexuality is a central issue in a number of screen versions of the play. In an issue about Shakespeare adaptations.
In: Literature/Film Quarterly v25 n2 1997 Pages: 119-124
Title: Freud's Footprints in Films of HamletAuthor: WELLER, Philip Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Examines how the Oedipal nature of the Hamlet story has become fixed in the popular understanding of the play and its film versions. In an issue about Shakespeare adaptations.
In: Cinéaste v22 n3 December 1996 Pages: 46-47
Title: [Cinéaste - v22 n3 December 1996: no known title]Author: CROWDUS, Gary Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Shakespeare Bulletin v11 n1 Winter 1993 Pages: 36-37
Title: Three Hamlets on FilmAuthor: SHALTZ, Justin Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Comparison of three versions of HAMLET; the Tony Richardson (1969); Laurence Olivier (1948); and Franco Zeffirelli (1990), especially their depiciton of the ghost of Hamlet's father and the final duel scene.
In: Empire n3 September 1989 Page: 93
Title: Empire directoryAuthor: ERRIGO, Angie Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Eyepiece v10 n7 October 1989 Pages: 17-18
Title: There is a Divinity that ShapesAuthor: STURGESS, Ray Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Brief account of the production of HAMLET, written by one of the technicians working on the film.
In: Cinema Journal v26 n4 Summer 1987 Pages: 22-48
Title: [Cinema Journal - v26 n4 Summer 1987: no known title]Language: English
Description: 'Olivier, Hamlet and Freud'.
In: Literature/Film Quarterly v1 n4 Autumn 1973 Pages: 316-320
Title: [Literature/Film Quarterly - v1 n4 Autumn 1973: no known title]Language: English
In: Celulóide v4 n58 October 1962 Page: 5
Title: [Celulóide - v4 n58 October 1962: no known title]Language: Portuguese
In: British Journal of Photography v96 n4673 9 Dec 1949 Page: 591
Title: [British Journal of Photography - v96 n4673 9 Dec 1949: no known title]Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Article on the music in the film.
In: La Revue du Cinéma v3 n18 October 1948 Page: 57
Title: [La Revue du Cinéma - v3 n18 October 1948: no known title]Language: French
Description: Comparison between Olivier's HAMLET and Welles' MACBETH.
In: Today's Cinema v70 n5643 5 May 1948 Page: 15
Title: [Today's Cinema - v70 n5643 5 May 1948: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v15 n173 May 1948 Page: 60
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v15 n173 May 1948: no known title]Language: English
Description: 15.
In: Sight and Sound v17 n66 Summer 1948 Page: Summer 99
Title: [Sight and Sound - v17 n66 Summer 1948: no known title]Language: English
In: Bianco e Nero v9 n5 July 1948 Page: 76
Title: [Bianco e Nero - v9 n5 July 1948: no known title]Language: Italian
In: Page: 17
Title: [ - : no known title]
In: Page: 19
Title: [ - : no known title]
Description: Article on music in the film.
Books held in BFI Reuben Library
(15)
Title: Shakespeare the illusionist: magic, dreams, and the supernatural on filmAuthor: Forsyth, Neil Pages: viii, 223 pages
Title: Shakespearean star: Laurence Olivier and national cinema
Author: BARNES, Jennifer Pages: xi, 216 pages
Description: The book also includes discussion of Olivier's unrealised film version of Macbeth.
Title: Cinematic Hamlet: the films of Olivier, Zeffirelli, Branagh, and Almereyda
Author: COOK, Patrick J. Pages: v, 257 p.
Title: Shakespeare on screen: Hamlet
Author: HATCHUEL, Sarah Pages: 550 pages
Description: Also discusses television documentary Joseph Papp Presents: Rehearsing Hamlet (1983) and television series Sons of Anarchy (2008-2014).
Title: Muir Mathieson 1911-1975: a life in film music
Author: HETHERINGTON, S.J. Pages: 288 p.
Title: Shakespeare in the cinema: ocular proof
Author: BUHLER, Stephen M. Pages: xi, 213p.
Title: Hamlet
Author: HAPGOOD, Robert Pages: v-xv, 296p.
Title: Shakespeare on film
Author: SHAUGHNESSY, Robert Pages: vii-xi, 205p.
Title: Hamlet
Author: DAWSON, Anthony B. Pages: 261p.
Title: The tools of screenwriting: a writer's guide to the craft and elements of a screenplay
Author: HOWARD, David Pages: 298p.
Title: Laurence Olivier and the art of film making
Author: SILVIRIA, Dale Pages: 309p.
Title: Laurence Olivier directs Shakespeare: a study in film authorship
Author: SINGER, Susan Sugarman Pages: 233p.
Description: Dissertation submitted to Northwestern University , Evanston, Illinois, June 1979).
Title: The Oliviers; a biography
Author: BARKER, Felix Pages: xii, 313p.
Description: CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA pp. 217-230 GONE WITH THE WIND pp. 147-161 HAMLET (1948) pp. 253-264 HENRY V pp. 202-216
Title: film Hamlet; a record of its production
Author: CROSS, Brenda Pages: 76p.
Title: Shakespeare and the eloquence of cinematic space: a study of spatial strategy in some Shakespearean films
Author: DAVIES, Anthony Pages: 2 vols. 418p.
Description: Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, Shakespeare Institute, Faculty of Arts, University of Birmingham, April 1983.