Mary Pickford
Katherina
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Synopsis
A determined suitor meets a woman equally unwilling to yield. Courtship becomes a contest of language, performance and control within a household arranging marriages. Shakespeare's comedy asks its players to negotiate a union through an aggressively theatrical battle of wills.
Cast
DirectorsSam Taylor
Behind the scenes
Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks starred together in the play's first sound-film adaptation. Pickford already had one talkie behind her; the production records two major silent stars adapting their partnership to spoken performance.
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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.
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Availability checked on September 10, 2026.
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- Mary Pickford — Rufus Porter Moody · Public domain
- Douglas Fairbanks — Harris & Ewing · Public domain
- Edwin Maxwell — film screenshot (Republic Pictures) · Public domain
- Joseph Cawthorn — Publisher: T.B. Harms & Francis, Day & Hunter · Public domain
