Product description

A Midsummer Night's Dream [DVD] [1935] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]

Price: £7.93
Average customer rating: 4.5

Binding : DVD
EAN : 0012569591226
Label : Warner Home Video
Manufacturer : Warner Home Video
Publisher : Warner Home Video
Release date : 2007-08-14
Title : A Midsummer Night's Dream [DVD] [1935] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
Actor : Array
Format : Array
Languages : Array
Number of items : 1
Original release date : 1935-01-01
Region code : 1
Running time : 143
Studio : Warner Home Video
Theatrical releaseDate : 1935-10-30
MPN : WARD65912D

Customer reviews

review by: date: 2009-06-07 rating:

A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935).
I really enjoyed this, as I hadn't seen it for about 40 Years. br /The performance that stands out is Mickey Rooney as Puck, all the more impressive when you discover from the commentary that he broke a leg tobogganing during a break in Production and spent the rest of filming in a plaster cast. br / br /Jack Warner allegedly threatened to break his other leg, when he found out!. br / br /A cast of Hollywood Greats, James Cagney, Dick Powell, Olivia de Havilland, Mickey Rooney, an entertaining period piece in every sense. br / br /I had no problem playing it on my multi-region DVD player.

review by: date: 2008-06-07 rating:

More fun than the recent versions
I enjoyed this more than any of the three more recent versions I have watched. Well worth the price and the young Mickey Rooney's performance as Puck was livelier than any other in the role. br / br /I can add little more to B. Chandler's review except to say that, although described as a Region 1 dvd, this plays perfectly on my Region 2 player which usually rejects Region 1 offerings.

review by: xyzzy date: 2007-11-11 rating:

More elaborate than most versions
The many different versions down through the ages of this play each bring different visions with strengths and weaknesses of interpretation. Of course this version as with others incorporated the popular actors of the time. The costuming is also a tad more elaborate. Very little of the original writing is missing. Each actor expresses their unique and familiar talent. There are some great ballet scenes. Keep your eye on Puck, or Robin Goodfellow, assistant to the fairy king (Mickey Rooney). br / br /Now the situation. We have overlapping tales, which in the confusion become even more overlapping and confusing. We have Theseus (Ian Hunter), Duke of Athens, about to marry Hippolyta (Verree Teasdale), Queen of the Amazons. Practicing in the solitude of the Woods is a troop of actors that will appear at the wedding. One of the troops is a married man with a roving eye, Bottom (James Cagney); he is soon encountering with a group of fairies. Now this is an interesting situation on its own. However there is more. Hermia is being forced by her father Egeus to marry Demetrius. However Hermia (Olivia de Haviland) is in love with Lysander (Dick Powell.) Wait there is more Hermia's friend Helena (Jean Muir) is in love with Demetrius, who ignores her. Yep into the wood escape Hermia and Lysander. Hot on their trail is Demetrius (Ross Alexander) doggedly followed by Helena. Mean time back at the ranch the Fairy queen and king has a slight falling-out. So the fairy king intends to correct everyone's situation and teach a few lessons along the way. You get the idea. Now setback and watch the fun. And stay tuned for the play in the end in which Joe E. Brown plays a good Flute, the Bellows-Mender and sometimes actor. br / br / br /

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