
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
6.4|9 Oct, 1935|143 min
Three Centuries In The Making! An immortal literary classic becomes a triumph of the ages!
6.4|9 Oct, 1935|143 min
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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...
Language
Budget--
Revenue $25,002,557
English
Budget--
Revenue $25,002,557
Keywords
secret love
elves
magic
arranged marriage
donkey
fairy
athens, greece
theatre group
romantic rivalry
forest
based on play or musical
wedding
star crossed lovers
based on myths, legends or folklore
magical creature
casting spells
father daughter conflict
love spell
marriage rite
happy ending
forest spirit
enchanted forest
magical forest
into the woods
Casts

Ian Hunter
Theseus

Verree Teasdale
Hippolyta

Hobart Cavanaugh
Philostrate

Dick Powell
Lysander

Ross Alexander
Demetrius

Olivia de Havilland
Hermia

Jean Muir
Helena
Grant Mitchell
Egeus

Frank McHugh
Quince

Dewey Robinson
Snug

James Cagney
Bottom

Joe E. Brown
Flute

Hugh Herbert
Snout

Otis Harlan
Starveling

Arthur Treacher
Epilogue

Victor Jory
Oberon

Anita Louise
Titania
Nini Theilade
Fairie

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)
Crews

Max Reinhardt
Director

William Dieterle
Director

William Shakespeare
Theatre Play
Charles Kenyon
Screenplay
Mary C. McCall, Jr.
Screenplay

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Original Music Composer
Mickey Marigold
Still Photographer
Warren Low
Assistant Editor
Emmett Emerson
Props
John More
Props
Nathan Levinson
Sound
Charles David Forrest
Sound
Faye Hanlin
Hair Designer
R. G. Mitchell
Assistant Camera

Stanley Cortez
Camera Operator
William Classen
Grip
Robert Surtees
Camera Operator
Tom Brannigan
Camera Operator

Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Music Arranger
Bronislawa Nijinska
Choreographer
Nini Theilade
Choreographer

Stanley Logan
Dialogue Coach
Perc Westmore
Makeup Designer
Leo F. Forbstein
Music Director
Fred Jackman
Special Effects

Byron Haskin
Special Effects
Hans F. Koenekamp
Special Effects
Hal Mohr
Director of Photography

Hal B. Wallis
Executive Producer
Henry Blanke
Producer
Ralph Dawson
Editor
Anton Grot
Art Direction
Ben Bone
Set Decoration
Max Rée
Costume Design
Milo Anderson
Costume Design
Al Alleborn
Unit Manager
Russell Saunders
Assistant Director
Sherry Shourds
Assistant Director

Jack L. Warner
Executive Producer
L. De Angelis
Assistant Camera
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