Film Versions of
Much Ado About Nothing
Movies
1913, Silent Black and White. 
Starring Pearl White. 

1940, Directed by Connie Rasinski. Color Short Animation, 

1993, Directed by Kenneth Branagh. Samuel Goldwyn Co. 
Starring Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Denzel Washington, Keanu Reeves, Michael Keaton, Kate Beckinsale 

Television Productions
1937, Directed by George More O'Ferrall, UK, Black and White. 
Starring Henry Oscar, Margaretta Scott 

1967, Directed by Alan Cooke, Franco Zeffirelli.  UK, Black and White. 
Starring Frank Finlay, Derek Jacobi, Maggie Smith, Robert Stephens 

1974, Directed by A.J. Antoon.  USA, Color. 
Starring Barnard Hughes, April Shawnham, Sam Waterston, Kathleen Widdoes 

1978, Directed by Donald McWhinnie. UK/USA, Color. 
Starring Anthony Andrews, Nigel Davenport, Penelope Keith, Michael York 

1984, Directed by Stuart Burge. UK, Color, BBC Television. 
Starring Jon Finch. Cherie, Lunghi, Robert Lindsay, Robert Reynolds 

1987, Directed by Peter Moss, Canada, Color. 
Starring Edward Atienza, Tandy Cronyn, Richard Monette, Keith Thomas 

 
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