A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935) DVD cover
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935) DVD cover

A Midsummer Night's Dream

1935 NR 143 mins

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Love is blind, fickle and true. And under the sway of capricious fairies it becomes blinder (a queen romances a donkey), more fickle (best friends swoon over each other's beaux) and truest of all (lovers repledge their devotion). Lord, what fools these mortals be!" in Shakespeare's bewitching comedy. James Cagney, screen-debuting Olivia de Havilland, Dick Powell, Joe E. Brown, Mickey Rooney and others play these mortals and immortals in this double Academy Award winner. Theatrical legend Max Reinhardt and studio collaborators turn his famed Hollywood Bowl production into an exquisite movie, with Erich Wolfgang Korngold adapting the glorious Felix Mendelssohn score.
Cast Ian Hunter, Anita Louise, Hobart Cavanaugh, Olivia de Havilland, Verree Teasdale, Mickey Rooney, James Cagney, Victor Jory, Frank McHugh, Dick Powell, Joe E. Brown, Grant Mitchell, Ross Alexander
Director William Dieterle, Max Reinhardt, Authors:William Shakespeare
Screen Standard 1.33:1 B&W
Subtitles None
CC Yes
Audio ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Mono [CC]
Rating NR
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