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William Shakespeare (play)
Talbot Jennings (adaptation)
Release Date:
3 September 1936 (USA) more
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Scenes of combat that will stir your pulse...tender haunting romance that will stay ever fresh in your memory...spectacular beauty that will set a feast for your eyes...in the greatest melodramatic romance of all time...presented as it has never been before...the final glorious flower of motion picture achievement.
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The Montagues and the Capulets, two powerful families of Verona, hate each other. Romeo, son of Montague... more | add synopsis
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Nominated for 4 Oscars. more
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Not a fan of Norma more (31 total)
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125 min
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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USA:Approved (PCA #2216) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | Australia:G | Finland:K-16
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Fredric March, Robert Donat and Robert Montgomery all turned down the lead before Leslie Howard was cast. more
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Featured in "MGM: When the Lion Roars" (1992) more
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Pavane more
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Unlike so many of the other commentators below, I am not a fan of Ms. Shearer. In her opening scene, she gushily keeps herself wide-eyed and smiling--all the time acting innocent, while Olivia Hussey and other screen Juliets don't have to act innocent: they are innocent.
That said, this film has much to offer, despite its lacking the passion of other more recent versions. The verse is spoken well, and Barrymore is brilliant as Mercutio. Yes, he's pure ham---but a succulent one. His Mercutio is, as the character's name implies, mercurial as well as absurdist, ironic, and virile. Rathbone is like a living rapier and gets my vote as the best Tybalt the screen has ever seen. However, don't believe producer Thalberg's ballyhoo that every word spoken in this film is from Shakespeare's play: it isn't, although it's close.