A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
October 9, 1935Release Date
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
October 9, 1935Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
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 / 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)
Charles Kenyon
Screenplay
Mary C. McCall, Jr.
Screenplay
William Dieterle
Director
Max Reinhardt
Director
William Shakespeare
Theatre Play
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Original Music Composer
John More
Props
Warren Low
Assistant Editor
Emmett Emerson
Props
Nathan Levinson
Sound
Faye Hanlin
Hair Designer
Mickey Marigold
Still Photographer
Charles David Forrest
Sound
William Classen
Grip
Robert Surtees
Camera Operator
R. G. Mitchell
Assistant Camera
Stanley Cortez
Camera Operator
Tom Brannigan
Camera Operator
Byron Haskin
Special Effects
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Music Arranger
Bronislawa Nijinska
Choreographer
Stanley Logan
Dialogue Coach
Perc Westmore
Makeup Designer
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 9, 1935
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 23m
Box Office$25,002,557
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A Midsummer Night's Dream is a 1935 American film adaptation of the Shakespearean play of the same name. It is directed by Max Reinhardt and William Dieterle, produced by Warner Bros., and stars James Cagney, Mickey Rooney, Olivia de Havilland (in her film debut), Jean Muir, Joe E. Brown, Dick Powell, Ross Alexander, Anita Louise, Victor Jory and Ian Hunter. The screenplay, written by Charles Kenyon and Mary C. McCall Jr., is adapted from Reinhardt's Hollywood Bowl production of the play from the previous year.
Felix Mendelssohn's music was extensively used, as re-orchestrated by Erich Wolfgang Korngold. The ballet sequences featuring the fairies were choreographed by Ballets Russes veteran Bronislava Nijinska.
The film opened on October 30, 1935. It initially received mixed reviews and was a financial failure, but retrospective reviews have been far more positive, and it is considered one of the best film versions of Shakespeare's play.