A midsummer night's dream /
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 r...
| Uniform Title: | Midsummer night's dream (Motion picture : 1935) |
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
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[Los Angeles, California] :
©Warner Brothers,
©1935.
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| 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. |
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| Item Description: | Based on the play by William Shakespeare. Originally released as a motion picture in 1935. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1 streaming video file (143 min.)) : sound, black and white |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Audience: | Not rated. |
| Awards: | Academy Awards, USA, 1935: Oscar - Best Cinematography (Hal Mohr) ; Best Film Editing (Ralph Dawson) ; Academy Award nominee for Outstanding Production (Best Picture). |
| Production Credits: | Music by Felix Mendelssohn ; arranged by Erich Wolfgang Korngold ; ballets by Bronislawa Nijinska ; photography, Hal Mohr ; edited by Ralph Dawson ; art director, Anton Grot ; costumes by Max Ree ; musical director, Leo F. Forbstein. |