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A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)

APPROVED  133 min  -  Comedy | Fantasy | Romance   -  30 October 1935 (USA)
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Theseus, Duke of Athens, is going to marry Hyppolyta, Queen of the Amazons. Demetrius is engaged with Hermia... See full summary »

Writers:

William Shakespeare (play), Charles Kenyon (arranged for the screen by), and 1 more credit »
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ian Hunter Ian Hunter ...
Verree Teasdale Verree Teasdale ...
Hobart Cavanaugh Hobart Cavanaugh ...
Dick Powell ...
Ross Alexander Ross Alexander ...
Olivia de Havilland ...
Hermia, In love with Lysander (as Olivia de Haviland)
Jean Muir Jean Muir ...
Helena, In love with Demetrius
Grant Mitchell Grant Mitchell ...
Frank McHugh Frank McHugh ...
Dewey Robinson Dewey Robinson ...
James Cagney ...
Joe E. Brown ...
Hugh Herbert ...
Otis Harlan Otis Harlan ...
Arthur Treacher Arthur Treacher ...
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Storyline

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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Love | Actor | Magic | Play | Fairy  | See more »

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Three Centuries In The Making ! An immortal literary classic becomes a triumph of the ages ! See more »

Genres:

Comedy | Fantasy | Romance

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Ein Sommernachtstraum See more »

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros. Pictures See more »
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

 | USA: (edited version)  | USA: (with overture and exit music)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

The first Shakespeare adaptation to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture. See more »

Quotes

Bottom: I have had a most rare vision. I have had a dream; past the wit of man to say what dream it was. Methought I was - -man is but an ass if he go about to expound this dream. Methought I was - -and methought I had - -man is but a patched fool if he will offer to say
[chuckling]
Bottom: what methought I was and what methought I had.
[breaks into uncontrollable laughter and suddenly brays like a jackass]
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Crazy Credits

The opening credits appear as if they were "trickling down" from the top of the screen. See more »

Connections

Referenced in Shake, Mr. Shakespeare (1936) See more »

Soundtracks

"A Midsummer Night's Dream"
(Overture and Incidental Music)
Music by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (as Felix Mendelssohn)
Words by William Shakespeare
Adapted by Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Performed by the Warner Bros. Studio Orchestra and Chorus
Conducted by Leo F. Forbstein See more »