James Cagney heads an all-star Warner Bros. cast with theatrical legend Max Rinehardt's legendary adaptation of Shakespeare's immortal masterwork, were love is blind, fickle and true. And under the sway of capricious fairies it becomes blinder (a queen romances as donkey), more fickle (best friends swoon over each other's beau) and truest of all (lovers re-pledge their devotion). Lord, what fools these mortals be! in Shakespeare's bewitching comedy.
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Official Movie Discussion
Talk about Midsummer Night's Dream 1935 07/26 with the 3BR community.
The elaborate and lavish 1935 Warner Brothers production of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM is an interesting amalgam of Shakespeare and Hollywood which despite some longueurs is still pretty amazing. Directors Max Reinhardt and William Dieterle use most of the studio’s stock company to blend the characters in the play with the established personas of the various stars. The chief among these are James Cagney as Bottom and especially Joe E. Brown as Flute. Teenaged Olivia De Havilland made her film ...
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