King Lear is a 1916 silent film based on the 1606 play, directed by Ernest C. Warde and starring his father, the noted stage actor Frederick Warde. The film is one of a spate of Shakespearean films produced at the time to coincide with the 300th anniversary celebrations of William Shakespeare's death.
The synopsis provided by the studio in The Moving Picture World was:
King Lear survives and was preserved by George Eastman House. It can be found on home video and or DVD.