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MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM vintage still #978247

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MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM vintage still #978247
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Still from A Midsummer Night's Dream (MGM, 1935)
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Vintage gelatin silver print

8 x 10 inches (20.3 x 25.4 cm.)

Still number MD-252
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MAX REINHARDT'S legendary Hollywood Bowl production of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream was transferred to the screen by Warner Bros. in 1935. Like most of Shakespeare's comedies, the story contains several seemingly unrelated plotlines, all tied together by a single unifying event, in this instance the impending wedding of Theseus and Hippolyta.
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One story thread concerns the mistaken-identity romances of four young Athenians; another involves a group of "rude mechanicals" who plan to stage a production of "Pyramus and Thisbe" in honor of the wedding; and third plot strand is motivated by the mischievous misbehavior of invisible fairies Oberon, Titania, and Puck. While one of the members of Reinhardt's original stage cast, Olivia De Havilland (Hermia) was retained for the film version, the remainder of the roles went to Warners' ever-reliable stock company. Some of the casting is inspired: James Cagney is brilliant as vainglorious amateur thespian Bottom, while Joe E. Brown is ideal as the reluctant female impersonator Flute. As the four lovers, De Havilland and Jean Muir far outshine the smirking and simpering Dick Powell and Ross Alexander. In the dominion of the fairies, Mickey Rooney is a bit too precious as Puck, but Anita Louise is a lovely Titania and Victor Jory a suitably menacing Oberon (his opening line "Ill met ...
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<tr><td>Condition:Excellent</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:1935</td></tr>


<tr><td>Height:10</td></tr>

<tr><td>Width:8</td></tr>

<tr><td>Title:MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM vintage still</td></tr>



<tr><td>Location:New York</td></tr>
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