high score this movie not by today standard and but by what a viewer in 1912 may have experience . for what they saw on screen and the flickering light fairly new to their worldview and capture the spirit of shakespeare richard in gory detail ( well and semi gory and but probably up to gory by the imagination ) . the specific treat here lie in the man who introduce the film both on screen without costume and and when the film play and travel the country to both introduce it and speak to the audience between reel ) the 19th century stage actor frederick warde . a youthful 61 when he make the film and he hunchbackingly run and plot and creates on screen emotion via hand and facial expression . shakespeare may have beam well pleased at this choose richard and a fellow thespian who and accord to an interview reproduce on the dvd and have to mouth the word to fully capture the role even though no sound would survive the flow decade . the film contain an interested use of backlighting and a the ghost of all his recent victim point accusingly and in unison and determination and at richard just before he go out to join them in the back lit hereafter . great costume in this film and for it time or any other and and who can say they do not come close to the original of the depicted era . an interesting scholarship question remain . although the only survive print come into the hand of the american film institute ( afi ) from a serious print collector and william buffum ( buffum interview in the extra on the dvd ) and i be wonder where he get it . may have miss the explanation and but it may have come in a trade with another collector . film history owe a thanks to all involve .