Romeo and Juliet (1936 film)
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| Directed by | George Cukor |
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| 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) | August 20, 1936 |
| Running time | 125 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Romeo and Juliet is a 1936 film adaptation of the play by Shakespeare, directed by George Cukor from a screenplay by Talbot Jennings. The film stars 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.
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[edit] Los Angeles premiere
On the night of the Los Angeles premiere of the film at the Carthay Circle Theater, legendary MGM producer Irving Thalberg, husband of Norma Shearer, died at age 37. The stars in attendance were so grief-stricken that publicist Frank Whitbeck, standing in front of the theater, abandoned his usual policy of interviewing them for a radio broadcast as they entered, afraid that they might break down. Instead, he simply announced them one by one.[1]
[edit] 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
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Higham, Charles (Dec 1994) [1993]. Merchant of Dreams: Louis B. Mayer, M.G.M., and the Secret Hollywood (paperback ed.). Dell Publishing. p. 289. ISBN 0-440-22066-1.
[edit] External links
- Romeo and Juliet (1936 at the Internet Movie Database
- Romeo ande Juliet (1936) at the TCM Movie Database
- Romeo and Juliet (1936) at Allmovie
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