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| A Midsummer Night's Dream | |
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| Screenplay by | |
| Based on | A Midsummer Night's Dream 1600 play by William Shakespeare |
| Produced by | Henry Blanke |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Hal Mohr |
| Edited by | Ralph Dawson |
| Music by | Felix Mendelssohn (re-orchestrated by Erich Wolfgang Korngold) |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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Running time | 133 minutes 143 minutes (with Overture and Exit Music) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $981,000[1] |
| Box office | $1.2 million[1] |
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.[2]
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.[3]
- ^ a b H. Mark Glancy, "MGM Film Grosses, 1924-1948: The Eddie Mannix Ledger," Historical Journal of Film, Radio, and Television , 12, no. 2 (1992), pp. 127-43
- ^ "Once upon a time, a theatrical 'Dream' came true at the Hollywood Bowl". Los Angeles Times. 2022-06-02. Retrieved 2024-06-30.
- ^ "A Midsummer Night's Dream | Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 2024-06-30.