A midsummer night's dream

Resource Information

The work A midsummer night's dream represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Noble County Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

A midsummer night's dream

Statement of responsibility

by William Shakespeare ; [presented by] Warner Bros. Pictures ; Max Reinhardt's production ; arranged for the screen by Charles Kenyon and Mary C. McCall, Jr. ; directed by Max Reinhardt and William Dieterle.

Contributor

• Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967)
• Warner Home Video (Firm)
• Alexander, Ross, 1907-1937
• Brown, Joe E., (Joe Evan), 1892-1973
• Cagney, James, 1899-1986
• Cavanaugh, Hobart, 1886-1950
• De Havilland, Olivia
• Dieterle, William, 1893-1972
• Herbert, Hugh, 1885-1952
• Hunter, Ian, 1900-1975
• Jory, Victor, 1902-1982
• Kenyon, Charles, 1880-1961
• Louise, Anita, 1915-1970
• McCall, Mary C., Jr., 1904-1986
• McHugh, Frank, 1899-1981
• Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847
• Mitchell, Grant, 1874-1957
• Muir, Jean, 1911-1996
• Powell, Dick, 1904-1963
• Reinhardt, Max, 1873-1943
• Rooney, Mickey
• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
• Teasdale, Verree

Subject

• Athens (Greece) -- Drama
• Comedy films
• Courtship -- Drama
• Fairy plays
• Fairy plays
• Feature films
• Film adaptations
• Hippolyta, (Greek mythological character) -- Drama
• Love -- Greece | Athens -- Drama
• Man-woman relationships -- Drama
• Romantic comedy films
• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Film adaptations
• Theseus, King of Athens -- Drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Genre

• Comedy films
• trueDrama
• Fairy plays
• Feature films
• trueFilm adaptations
• Romantic comedy films
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Language

• eng
• eng
• fre
• por
• eng
• eng

Summary

Love is blind, fickle and true. Theseus, Duke of Athens, is going to marry Hyppolyta, Queen of the Amazons. Demetrius is engaged to Hermia, but Hermia loves Lysander. Helena loves Demetrius. Oberon and Titania, of the kingdom of fairies, have a slight quarrel about whether or not the boy Titania is raising will join Titania's band or Oberon's, so Oberon tries to get the boy from her by using some magic. Lysander and Hermina meet in the forest. Helena and Demetrius are there as well. There are actors practicing a play for the upcoming wedding of Theseus and Hippolyta. Due to some misunderstandings by Puck, the whole thing becomes a little bit more confused

Awards note

Academy Awards, USA, 1936: Oscar - Best Cinematography (Hal Mohr) ; Best Film Editing (Ralph Dawson)

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Cinematography, Hal Mohr ; editor, Ralph Dawson ; music, Felix Mendelssohn ; arranger, Erich Wolfgang Korngold ; costume designer, Max Ree ; ballet staging, Bronislova Nijinska, Nini Theilande

Dewey number

700

Intended audience

Not rated

Language note

English dialogue, English, French or Portuguese subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

PerformerNote

James Cagney, Joe E. Brown, Dick Powell, Jean Muir, Victor Jory, Verree Teasdale, Hugh Herbert, Anita Louise, Frank McHugh, Ross Alexander, Ian Hunter, Mickey Rooney, Olivia de Havilland, Hobert Cavanaugh, Grant Mitchell

Runtime

143

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action