A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)

Directors

Max Reinhardt, William Dieterle

Cast

Olivia de Havilland, Jean Muir, Dick Powell, Ross Alexander, James Cagney, Victor Jory, Anita Louise, Ian Hunter, Verree Teasdale, Mickey Rooney

The story

Act One A beautiful young woman named Hermia is in love with Lysander and wishes to marry him. Her father Egeus, however, has instructed her to marry Demetrius, whom he has chosen for her. When Hermia refuses to obey, stating she is in love with Lysander, her father invokes before Duke Theseus of Athens an ancient Athenian law that states a daughter must marry the suitor chosen by her father, or face death.

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