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A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935) 6.9
Theseus, Duke of Athens, is going to marry Hyppolyta, Queen of the Amazons. Demetrius is engaged with Hermia, but Hermia loves Lysander. Helena loves Demetrius. Oberon and Titania, of the ... See full summary » |
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Verree Teasdale | ... | |
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Hobart Cavanaugh | ... | |
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| Olivia de Havilland | ... |
Hermia - In Love with Lysander
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Jean Muir | ... |
Helena - In Love with Demetrius
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Frank McHugh | ... | |
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Dewey Robinson | ... | |
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| Joe E. Brown | ... | ||
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Otis Harlan | ... | |
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Arthur Treacher | ... |
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Theseus, Duke of Athens, is going to marry Hyppolyta, Queen of the Amazons. Demetrius is engaged with Hermia, but Hermia loves Lysander. Helena loves Demetrius. Oberon and Titania, of the kingdom of fairies have a slight quarrel about whether or not the boy Titania is raising will join Titania's band or Oberon's, so Oberon tries to get him from her by using some magic. But they're not alone in that forest.Lysander and Hermina have there a rendezvous, Helena and Demetrius are there, too as well as some actors, who are practicing a play for the ongoing wedding of Theseus and Hippolyta. Due to some misunderstandings by Puck, the whole thing becomes a little bit confused... Written by Stephan Eichenberg <eichenbe@fak-cbg.tu-muenchen.de>
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30 October 1935 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Ein Sommernachtstraum See more »Filming Locations:
Stage 11, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA See more »Company Credits
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(uncredited)
from "Songs Without Words", 0p. 67, No. 6
Music by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Adapted by Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Sung by women's chorus
Played by the Warner Bros. Studio Orchestra conducted by Leo F. Forbstein
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As Austrian-born director Max Reinhardt didn't speak English, William Dieterle acted as his interpreter and co-director. See more »Crazy Credits
The fairies Pease-Blossom, Cobweb, Moth and Mustard-Seed are onscreen in the character list, but not the actors who portrayed them. See more »Soundtracks
"Cradle Song"(uncredited)
from "Songs Without Words", 0p. 67, No. 6
Music by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Adapted by Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Sung by women's chorus
Played by the Warner Bros. Studio Orchestra conducted by Leo F. Forbstein
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Since "Shakespeare in Love" made that particular playwright happening and new, check out this, Warner Bros.' wild, expensive, free-wheeling adaptation of "A Midsummer Night's Dream".
For me, James Cagney makes the movie. He's Nick Bottom, the leader (or so he believes) of a traveling troupe of actors. He gives an invigorating performance--the screen is his. At one point, he gets to wear a donkey's head (if you know the play, you know what I'm talking about), but it doesn't faze him in the least. Cagney, the most energetic screen actor, doesn't let his over-the-top approach mar his skill or care with The Bard's great words. It's the test of anyone wishing to act out a part in a Shakespeare play, which Cagney passes, to "speak" the dialogue, and by doing so, make what might be confusing on the page understandable to audiences on the screen or stage.
Warner really spared no expense with this production, which I think might have been the costliest of that year. The whole affair is like a dream in every way--it seems to sway in the wind, fragile to the touch. It features Mendolssohn music, soft-white photography (the great Hal Mohr), and some of the most incredible sets and costumes you're likely to see in a 1930s film.
Nominated for three Academy Awards: Picture, Cinematography and Editing. Bested by "Mutiny on the Bounty" for the first, it won the other two.