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A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935) -- Theseus, Duke of Athens, is going to marry Hyppolyta, Queen of the Amazons. Demetrius is engaged with Hermia...

Overview

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Writers:
William Shakespeare (play)
Charles Kenyon (arranged for the screen by) ...
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Release Date:
30 October 1935 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Fantasy | Romance more
Tagline:
A New Triumph In Movie History ! more
Plot:
Theseus, Duke of Athens, is going to marry Hyppolyta, Queen of the Amazons. Demetrius is engaged with Hermia... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Won 2 Oscars. Another 2 nominations more
NewsDesk:
De Havilland To Be Honored by Hollywood
 (From WENN. 7 November 2005)

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SUPERB! more
US TV Schedule:
Fri. July 1712:45 PMTCM   

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Ian Hunter ... Theseus. Duke of Athens
Verree Teasdale ... Hippolyta. Queen of the Amazons, betrothed to Theseus
Hobart Cavanaugh ... Philostrate. Master of Revels to Theseus
Dick Powell ... Lysander. In love with Hermia
Ross Alexander ... Demetrius. In love with Hermia

Olivia de Havilland ... Hermia. In love with Lysander (as Olivia de Haviland)
Jean Muir ... Helena. In love with Demetrius
Grant Mitchell ... Egeus. Father to Hermia
Frank McHugh ... Quince. the Carpenter
Dewey Robinson ... Snug. the Joiner

James Cagney ... Bottom. the Weaver
Joe E. Brown ... Flute. the Bellows-mender

Hugh Herbert ... Snout. the Tinker
Otis Harlan ... Starveling. the Tailor
Arthur Treacher ... Epilogue
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Additional Details

Runtime:
133 min | USA:117 min (edited version) | USA:142 min (with overture and exit music)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono | Vitaphone
Certification:
Australia:PG | UK:U | USA:Approved (PCA #752)

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Trivia:
None of Ernest Haller's photography is in the finished film; he was fired and replaced by Hal Mohr, who re-did everything that Haller had shot. more
Quotes:
Puck: Lord, what fools these mortals be! more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Jeopardy!: (#22.32)" (2005) more
Soundtrack:
Spring Song more

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20 out of 22 people found the following comment useful:-
SUPERB!, 2 April 2001
10/10
Author: artzau from Sacramento, CA

Thalberg's pledge to give back to the people something good is seen in this project realized 66 years ago. Everyone is acting! No one struts or swains, dying to be a star. The young, superlovely Olivia de Havilland is a gorgeous and fun Hermia in her maiden role. Dick Powell and Ross Alexander as the two Athenian youths confused by Puckish Mickey Rooney Robin Goodfellow are wonderful in their entanglement with beautiful Jean Muir's Helena. The players, Frank McHugh, Dewey Robinson, Hugh Herbert, Grant Mitchell and the wonderful snob's snob, Arthur Treacher are topped by Jimmy ("you dirty rat") Cagney [trivia buffs know he never said those lines except in response to Gorshen and Rich Little's impressions of him at a roast before his death] and Joe E. Brown's Flute. Victor Jory, often cast as a villain is great as Oberon, as is lovely Anita Louise as Titania. There's not a weak spot in this cast and the entire play, in living Black and White, is soft, diffused and whispery as a summer night. Erich W. Korngold's music is supplemented by the exquisite Mendelssohn score and look for a tiny Billy Barty as Mustardseed, one of the sprites. There are other fine ones, the RSC's 1968 and the recent 1999 are wonderful, but, fans, take it from an old Shakespeare buff, this one is an immortal production.

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