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A Midsummer Night's Dream Overview:

A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935) was a Comedy - Fantasy Film directed by William Dieterle and Max Reinhardt and produced by Hal B. Wallis, Henry Blanke and Jack L. Warner.

Academy Awards 1935 --- Ceremony Number 8 (source: AMPAS)

AwardRecipientResult
Best CinematographyHal MohrWon
Best Film EditingRalph DawsonWon
Best PictureWarner Bros.Nominated

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Sonho de uma Noite de Verão (1935) / A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)

Sonho de uma Noite de Verão (1935) / A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935) Eu fiquei conhecendo “Sonho de uma Noite de Verão” de Shakespeare através da Disney. Um curta-metragem animado de 1999 estrelando Mickey, Minnie, Donald e Margarida contou a história de maneira cômica &#82... Read full article


Sonho de uma Noite de Verão (1935) / A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)

Sonho de uma Noite de Verão (1935) / A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935) Eu fiquei conhecendo “Sonho de uma Noite de Verão” de Shakespeare através da Disney. Um curta-metragem animado de 1999 estrelando Mickey, Minnie, Donald e Margarida contou a história de maneira cômica &#82... Read full article


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A Midsummer Night's Dream Quotes:

Demetrius, in Love with Hermia: [Puck is leading Demetrius astray through a fog] Lysander! Speak again! You runaway. You coward. Are you fled?
Puck: You coward! Are you bragging to the stars? Telling the bushes that you look for wars, and wilt not come?

Flute, the Bellows-Mender: "I'll meet thee, Pyramus, at Ninny's tomb."
Quince, the Carpenter: Ninny's?
Flute, the Bellows-Mender: Ninny's.
Quince, the Carpenter: Ninny's.
Flute, the Bellows-Mender: Ninny's.
Quince, the Carpenter: "Ninus' tomb", man!
Flute, the Bellows-Mender: [Flute begins to repeat Quince's words and gestures] Ninus' tomb, man!
Quince, the Carpenter: But you must not speak that yet!
Flute, the Bellows-Mender: But you must not speak that yet!
Quince, the Carpenter: Ohhh...
Flute, the Bellows-Mender: Ohhh...
Quince, the Carpenter: That you answer to Pyramus!
Flute, the Bellows-Mender: That you answer to Pyramus!
Quince, the Carpenter: You speak all your part at once, cues and all!
Flute, the Bellows-Mender: You speak all your part at once, cues... I won't play anymore.

Puck: Lord, what fools these mortals be!

Hermia, in Love with Lysander: [to Helena] How low am I, you painted maypole? Speak! How low am I? I am not yet so low but that my nails can reach into your eyes!

Demetrius, in Love with Hermia: Where are Lysander and fair Hermia? The one I'll slay; the other slayeth me.
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A Midsummer Night's Dream Facts
The first stage production of this play was in London, about in 1595.

William Dieterle had full charge as director for about a week because of a breach-of-contract suit filed against Max Reinhardt by a French film company. The judge found in favor of Reinhardt, and lifted the restraining order.

None of Ernest Haller's photography is in the finished film; he was fired and replaced by Hal Mohr, who re-did everything that Haller had shot.

Mickey Rooney broke his leg during filming, and was wheeled around behind bushes on a bicycle during filming.

The movie was banned in Germany by the Nazi government because Max Reinhardt and Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy were Jews and considered undesirable.

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