Romeo and Juliet
original movie poster
Directed by	George Cukor
Produced by	Irving Thalberg
Written by	William Shakespeare (play) Talbot Jennings
Starring	Norma Shearer Leslie Howard
Music by	Herbert Stothart
Cinematography	William H. Daniels
Editing by	Margaret Booth
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date(s)	20 August 1936
Running time	125 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
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The film starred Leslie Howard as Romeo and Norma Shearer as Juliet. Other cast members included John Barrymore as Mercutio, Edna May Oliver as the Nurse, and Basil Rathbone as Tybalt. Leslie Howard (April 3, 1893 - June 1, 1943) was an English stage and Academy Award nominated film actor. ... Edith Norma Shearer (August 10, 1902 (some sources indicate 1900) – June 12, 1983) was an Academy Award-winning Canadian-American actress. ... This article is about John Barrymore, Sr. ... Mercutio (here portrayed by actor Jonathan Huelman, at right) gives his famous Queen Mab speech to Romeo (Jacob Blumenfeld) in Act I, scene IV of Romeo and Juliet. ... Edna May Oliver (November 9, 1883 – November 9, 1942) was an Oscar-nominated American film actress. ... Basil Rathbone (13 June 1892 – 21 July 1967), Military Cross, was a British actor most famous for his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes and of suave villains in such swashbuckler films as The Mark of Zorro, Captain Blood, and The Adventures of Robin Hood. ... Tybalt in the 1968 film as portrayed by Michael York. ...

Awards

• Best Picture (nomination) - Irving Thalberg
• Best Supporting Actor (nomination) - Basil Rathbone
• Best Actress (nomination) - Norma Shearer
• Best Art Direction - (nomination) - Cedric Gibbons, Fredric Hope, Edwin B. Willis

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Criticism

The film was highly praised, but some critics did feel that the forty-two year old Howard, the thirty-four year old Shearer, and the fifty-four year old Barrymore were much too old for their roles. In those days, however, that was an accepted tradition. Leslie Howard had protested against being cast as Romeo, and repeatedly stated so in press interviews of the time. He was obliged to be in the movie by his contract. Irving Thalberg, who was married to Norma Shearer, conceived the film expressly as a vehicle for her. Irving Grant Thalberg (May 30, 1899 – September 14, 1936) was an American film producer during the early years of motion pictures. ...

Although some modern audiences and critics have a great affection for the film, most of today's younger viewers, unfamiliar with so-called Shakespeare "tradition", and having seen Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet (1968 movie), find the 1936 version hopelessly outdated in its method of portraying the characters and its acting style. The film was also obviously made on Hollywood soundstages rather than on location in Italy. Franco Zeffirelli (born Gianfranco Corsi on February 12, 1923), is an Italian film director. ... Romeo and Juliet is a 1968 film adaptation of the William Shakespeare play Romeo and Juliet. ... A sound stage is a hangar-like structure, building or room, that is soundproof for the production of theatrical motion pictures and television, usually inside a movie studio. ...

Trivia

• The movie was John Barrymore's only filmed Shakespearean role, other than a brief appearance as Richard III in the 1929 revue film Show of Shows, a short screen test for an unfilmed version of Hamlet, and another brief appearance as a pompous actor who plays Hamlet in the little-known 1941 film Playmates.

• Basil Rathbone was cast as a screen villain so often, that the only screen swordfight he ever won was as Tybalt (he defeats Mercutio before being killed in another swordfight).
• Although Rathbone was cast as Tybalt in this film, he had scored a major success playing Romeo on Broadway in 1934 opposite Katharine Cornell as Juliet.
• John Gielgud, Laurence Olivier, and Robert Donat all turned down the part of Romeo before Leslie Howard took the role. Gielgud and Olivier didn't think that a Shakespearean play would transfer to film, and Donat refused to leave England.

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External link

• Romeo and Juliet at the Internet Movie Database

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On Screen	Romeo and Juliet (1908) • Romeo and Juliet (1936) • Romeo and Juliet (1954) Romeo and Juliet (1968) • Romeo and Juliet (1978) • The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet (1983) Leonard Whiting as Romeo and Olivia Hussey as Juliet in Franco Zeffirellis 1968 film version. ... The first American film version of William Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet was a silent film short made in 1908 made by Vitagraph Studios. ... Romeo and Juliet is a 1954 film adaptation of William Shakespeares play. ... Romeo and Juliet (1968) is an Oscar-winning movie adaptation of the William Shakespeare play Romeo and Juliet. ... The BBC Television Shakespeare was a set of television adaptations of the plays of Shakespeare, produced by the BBC between 1978 and 1985. ... Romeo and Juliet, 1983, stars Alex Hyde-White as the title role Romeo and Blanche Baker as Juliet. ... Romeo and Juliet (1988) • Romeo and Juliet (1992) • Romeo + Juliet (1996) The Animated Shakespeare (also known as Shakespeare: the Animated Tales) comprised two six-part TV series. ... William Shakespeares Romeo + Juliet is a 1996 film adaptation of William Shakespeares play, Romeo and Juliet, directed by Baz Luhrmann. ...
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