Romeo and Juliet is a 1916 American silent romantic drama film directed by J. Gordon Edwards and starring Theda Bara.

[1] The film was shot at the Fox Studio in Fort Lee, New Jersey,[2] and is now considered to be lost.

[1][3] This film and other Shakespeare-oriented pictures were released in 1916, the 300th anniversary of William Shakespeare's death.

Fox rushed his version into the theatres in order to capitalize on exhibiting his film first.

Bushman recalled going to see Fox's Romeo and Juliet and was startled to see the intertitles from his film flash on the screen.