A Midsummer Night's Dream
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. Pictures, 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.
Plot
Act One
Awards
Cast
- Angelo Rossitto
- Anita Louise
- Arthur Treacher
- Billy Barty
- Dewey Robinson
- Dick Powell
- Frank McHugh
- Grant Mitchell
- Helen Westcott
- Hobart Cavanaugh
- Hugh Herbert
- Ian Hunter
- James Cagney
- Jean Muir
- Joe E. Brown
- Kenneth Anger
- Mickey Rooney
- Olivia de Havilland
- Otis Harlan
- Rags Ragland
- Ross Alexander
- Verree Teasdale
- Victor Jory
More details
| author | Charles Kenyon Mary C. McCall, Jr. |
|---|---|
| award | Academy Award for Best Cinematography Academy Award for Best Film Editing |
| director | Max Reinhardt William Dieterle |
| editor | Ralph Dawson |
| genre | comedy fantasy |
| keywords | abandon awaken changeling estrange follow love love potion meet nothing pyramus and thisbe sleep stage play steal the king wake up wed young woman |
| musicBy | Felix Mendelssohn |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Cinematography Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Picture |
| producer | Henry Blanke |
| productionCompany | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| publisher | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| theme | romantic comedy |