A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)

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2h 23min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, Science Fiction | Oct 9, 1935 | Released

A film adaptation by Max Reinhardt of his popular stage productions of Shakespeare's comedy. Four young people escape Athens to a forest where the king and queen of the fairies are quarreling, while meanwhile a troupe of amateur actors rehearses a play. When the fairy Puck uses a magic flower to make people fall in love, the whole thing becomes a little bit confused...

Director: William Dieterle Max Reinhardt

Producer: Henry Blanke

Writer(s): Charles Kenyon Mary C. McCall, Jr.

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Cast (22 Members)

Puck

Flute, the Bellows-mender

Starveling, the Tailor

Bottom, the Weaver

Arthur Treacher

Epilogue

Olivia de Havilland

Hermia, In love with Lysander (as Olivia de Haviland)

Theseus, Duke of Athens

Mustard-Seed

Oberon

Lysander, In love with Hermia

Cobweb

Egeus, Father to Hermia

Snout, the Tinker

Titania

Quince, the Carpenter

Hobart Cavanaugh

Philostrate, Master of Revels to Theseus

Snug, the Joiner

Demetrius, In love with Hermia

Verree Teasdale

Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons

Helena, In love with Demetrius

Fairie - Attending Titania (as Nina Theilade)

Pease-Blossom (as Fairie)

Mickey Rooney Puck

Joe E. Brown Flute, the Bellows-mender

Otis Harlan Starveling, the Tailor

James Cagney Bottom, the Weaver

Arthur Treacher Epilogue

Olivia de Havilland Hermia, In love with Lysander (as Olivia de Haviland)

Ian Hunter Theseus, Duke of Athens

Billy Barty Mustard-Seed

Victor Jory Oberon

Dick Powell Lysander, In love with Hermia

Helen Westcott Cobweb

Grant Mitchell Egeus, Father to Hermia

Hugh Herbert Snout, the Tinker

Anita Louise Titania

Frank McHugh Quince, the Carpenter

Hobart Cavanaugh Philostrate, Master of Revels to Theseus

Dewey Robinson Snug, the Joiner

Ross Alexander Demetrius, In love with Hermia

Verree Teasdale Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons

Jean Muir Helena, In love with Demetrius

Nini Theilade Fairie - Attending Titania (as Nina Theilade)

Katherine Frey Pease-Blossom (as Fairie)

Crew (18 Members)

Executive Producer

William Shakespeare

Theatre Play

Editor

Costume Design

Director of Photography

Producer

Art Direction

William Dieterle

Director

Screenplay

Mary C. McCall, Jr.

Screenplay

Director

Assistant Director

Costume Design

Unit Manager

Executive Producer

Russell Saunders

Assistant Director

Set Decoration

Assistant Camera

Hal B. Wallis Executive Producer

William Shakespeare Theatre Play

Ralph Dawson Editor

Milo Anderson Costume Design

Hal Mohr Director of Photography

Henry Blanke Producer

Anton Grot Art Direction

William Dieterle Director

Charles Kenyon Screenplay

Mary C. McCall, Jr. Screenplay

Max Reinhardt Director

Sherry Shourds Assistant Director

Max Rée Costume Design

Al Alleborn Unit Manager

Jack L. Warner Executive Producer

Russell Saunders Assistant Director

Ben Bone Set Decoration

L. De Angelis Assistant Camera

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