A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
October 9, 1935Release Date
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
October 9, 1935Release Date
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
James Cagney
Bottom - the Weaver
Dick Powell
Lysander - In Love with Hermia
Ian Hunter
Theseus - Duke of Athens
Verree Teasdale
Hippolyta - Queen of the Amazons - Betrothed to Theseus
Hobart Cavanaugh
Philostrate - Master of Revels to Theseus
Ross Alexander
Demetrius - In Love with Hermia
Olivia de Havilland
Hermia - In Love with Lysander
Jean Muir
Helena - In Love with Demetrius
Grant Mitchell
Egeus - Father to Hermia
Dewey Robinson
Snug
Frank McHugh
Quince - the Carpenter
Joe E. Brown
Flute
William Dieterle
Director
Hugh Herbert
Snout
Max Reinhardt
Director
Otis Harlan
Starveling
William Shakespeare
Writer
Arthur Treacher
Epilogue
Charles Kenyon
Writer
Victor Jory
Oberon
Mary C. McCall, Jr.
Writer
Anita Louise
Titania
Hal Mohr
Cinematographer
Ralph Dawson
Editor
Nini Theilade
Fairie / Choreographer
Mickey Rooney
Puck
Katherine Frey
Pease-Blossom
Helen Westcott
Cobweb
Fred Sale Jr.
Moth
Billy Barty
Mustard-Seed
Sheila Brown
Changeling Prince (uncredited)
George P. Breakston
Body Double for Mickey Rooney (uncredited)
Jack L. Warner
Executive Producer
Hal B. Wallis
Executive Producer
Perc Westmore
Makeup Designer
Stanley Cortez
Camera Operator
Robert Surtees
Camera Operator
Henry Blanke
Producer
Leo F. Forbstein
Music Director
Warren Low
Assistant Editor
Milo Anderson
Costume Design
Anton Grot
Art Direction
Byron Haskin
Special Effects
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Music Arranger
Hans F. Koenekamp
Special Effects
Stanley Logan
Dialogue Coach
Fred Jackman
Special Effects
Sherry Shourds
Assistant Director
Max Rée
Costume Design
Charles David Forrest
Sound
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Original Music Composer
Al Alleborn
Unit Manager
Russell Saunders
Assistant Director
Nathan Levinson
Sound
Mickey Marigold
Still Photographer
Emmett Emerson
Props
Ben Bone
Set Decoration
Faye Hanlin
Hair Designer
R. G. Mitchell
Assistant Camera
William Classen
Grip
L. De Angelis
Assistant Camera
Bronislawa Nijinska
Choreographer
John More
Props
Tom Brannigan
Camera Operator
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 9, 1935
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 23m
Box Office$25,002,557
Genres
Wiki.
A Midsummer Night's Dream is a 1935 American romantic comedy fantasy film of William Shakespeare's play, directed by Max Reinhardt and William Dieterle, and starring James Cagney, Mickey Rooney, Olivia de Havilland, Jean Muir, Joe E. Brown, Dick Powell, Ross Alexander, Anita Louise, Victor Jory and Ian Hunter. Produced by Henry Blanke and Hal B. Wallis for Warner Brothers, and adapted by Charles Kenyon and Mary C. McCall Jr. from Reinhardt's Hollywood Bowl production of the previous year, the film is about the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, Theseus, and the Queen of the Amazons, Hippolyta. These include the adventures of four young Athenian lovers and a group of six amateur actors, who are controlled and manipulated by the fairies who inhabit the forest in which most of the story is set. The play, which is categorized as a comedy, is one of Shakespeare's most popular works for the stage and is widely performed across the world. Felix Mendelssohn's music was extensively used, as re-orchestrated by Erich Wolfgang Korngold. The ballet sequences featuring the fairies were choreographed by Bronislava Nijinska.