Cinematography:
Hal MohrCast:
Ian Hunter, Verree Teasdale, Hobart Cavanaugh, Dick Powell, Ross Alexander, Olivia de Havilland, Jean Muir, Grant Mitchell, Frank McHugh, Dewey Robinson (more)Plots(1)
Theseus, the Duke of Athens, who is preparing to marry Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons, finds his court full of romantic intrigue. Lysander and Hermia are in love, but Hermia's father Egeus pleads with the duke to force her to marry Demetrius, who also loves her. Theseus agrees that Hermia must obey her father's wishes or live the rest of her life unwed. Following the course of true love, Hermia runs away to the nearby wood to marry Lysander, but is pursued by Demetrius who is in turn followed by Helena, who suffers from unrequited love for him. Once in the woods, the lovers enter another court. Oberon, king of the fairies, is jealous of his beautiful queen Titania's affections for a small changeling boy stolen from an Indian king and enlists the devilish fairy Puck to steal the boy from Titania, giving him a magic love potion, which Puck uses not only on Titania, but on the mortal lovers as well. The love potion causes both Lysander and Demetrius to fall in love with Helena who now spurns them both. In the midst of the activity, a troupe of players, led by Quince, enters the forest to practice their parts. During the rehearsal, Puck turns Bottom, the egotistical leading man, into an ass, and Titania, under Puck's spell, falls in love with the actor. Oberon successfully kidnaps the changeling boy, but pitying Titania, reverses the spell. By dawn, Puck restores Lysander and Hermia to their original affections, leaving Demetrius in love with Helena. Bottom regains his manhood and all the mortals return to Athens for Theseus' wedding. There, on his wedding day, he overrides Egeus' will and gives Hermia to Lysander. Quince and his players entertain the court with their comic love story, starring the dim-witted Flute as the girl Thisby and Bottom as her lover, the ill-fated Pyramus. As the court slips out before the epilogue, Puck and the fairies fly into the empty palace to bid the mortals goodnight. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Ian Hunter](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505317_706acd.jpg)
Ian Hunter
South Africa
Best movies:
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
![Verree Teasdale](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505275_b4e769.jpg)
Verree Teasdale
USA
Best movies:
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
Come Live with Me (1941)
The Milky Way (1936)
![Hobart Cavanaugh](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/053/160053811_60940b.jpg)
Hobart Cavanaugh
USA
Best movies:
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
Captain Blood (1935)
The House of Fear (1945)
![Dick Powell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/734/164734565_2fe6c6.jpg)
Dick Powell
USA
Best movies:
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
It Happened Tomorrow (1944)
![Ross Alexander](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/812/157812479_7dafb5.jpg)
Ross Alexander
USA
Best movies:
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
Captain Blood (1935)
![Olivia de Havilland](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/882/162882933_2143b1.jpg)
Olivia de Havilland
Japan
Best movies:
Gone with the Wind (1939)
The Heiress (1949)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
![Jean Muir](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/776/157776632_44167a.jpg)
Jean Muir
USA
Best movies:
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
![Grant Mitchell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/812/157812478_4ec884.jpg)
Grant Mitchell
USA
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
![Frank McHugh](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/099/533/99533950_28f4b0.jpg)
Frank McHugh
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
The Front Page (1931)
![Dewey Robinson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/053/160053817_784e52.jpg)
Dewey Robinson
USA
Best movies:
Casablanca (1942)
Scarlet Street (1945)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
![James Cagney](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/348/164348332_0d2b75.png)
James Cagney
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
One, Two, Three (1961)
White Heat (1949)
![Joe E. Brown](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/359/359195_94a19e.jpg)
Joe E. Brown
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
![Hugh Herbert](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/499/499984_cc60e1.jpg)
Hugh Herbert
USA
Best movies:
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
Hellzapoppin' (1941)
A Song Is Born (1948)
![Otis Harlan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/077/158077999_0f5e86.jpg)
Otis Harlan
USA
Best movies:
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Bambi (1942)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
![Arthur Treacher](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/806/160806015_22e77d.jpg)
Arthur Treacher
UK
Best movies:
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
National Velvet (1944)
Mary Poppins (1964)
![Victor Jory](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505281_ecc2ce.jpg)
Victor Jory
Canada
Best movies:
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Papillon (1973)
![Anita Louise](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505183_b41b59.jpg)
Anita Louise
USA
Best movies:
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
4 Devils (1928)
Anthony Adverse (1936)
![Mickey Rooney](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/509/161509525_6fd727.jpg)
Mickey Rooney
USA
Best movies:
Captains Courageous (1937)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
Strike Up the Band (1940)
![Billy Barty](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273010_c4928b.jpg)
Billy Barty
USA
Best movies:
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
'Weird Al' Yankovic: The Videos (1996) (video compilation)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
![Carrie Daumery](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/036/677/36677233_662bae.jpg)
Carrie Daumery
Netherlands
Best movies:
He Who Gets Slapped (1924)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
The Man Who Laughs (1928)