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Roméo se fait bandit
Also known as Romeo Turns Bandit in the USA
(1909) France
B&W : Split-reel
Directed by [?] Romeo Bosetti?
Cast: Max Linder [Roméo]
Compagnie Genérale des Établissements Pathé Frères Phonographes & Cinématographes production; distributed by Compagnie Genérale des Établissements Pathé Frères Phonographes & Cinématographes. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / A modern dress adaptation of Romeo and Juliet. The film was released in the USA as Romeo Turns Bandit (at 528 feet) by Pathé Frères Films on 23 May 1910; in a split-reel with Little Mary and Her Dolly (1910).
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] From The Moving Picture World]? While an up-to-date Romeo climbs the garden wall to kiss his Juliet, her father appears and takes off his daughter and dismisses her suitor. Romeo, however, dresses up like a brigand and accompanied by three friends holds up the irascible father and binds him to a tree. Romeo then meets his lady love who joins in the plot, and a letter is sent to her father that he must pay a ransom of $1,000 for the recovery of his daughter. In his trouble the father confides in Romeo, who undertakes to get the daughter back. This is of course an easy matter, and there is then no objection to the marriage of Romeo and the girl.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: (unknown) [France]; Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 11 October 2023.
References: Ball-Shakespeare pp. 115, 332, 390 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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