A Midsummer Night's Dream
1935 · 143 MIN · IMDB 6.8 · 4,032 VOTES · DIR. Max Reinhardt, William Dieterle
Overview
Four young people escape Athens to a forest where the king and queen of the fairies are quarreling, while meanwhile, a troupe of amateur actors rehearses a play. When the fairy Puck uses a magic flower to make people fall in love, the whole thing becomes a little bit confused...
Dialogue Timeline — 1,520 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:09:59 Hippolyta.
00:14:40 Here is the scroll of every man's name which is thought fit through all Athens.
00:18:50 We must starve our sight from lovers' food
00:22:38 No, no!
00:29:06 How, now, Spirit!
00:37:10 and maidens call it love in idleness.
00:42:17 [LAUGHS]
00:47:39 But Athenian found I none Found l, found I none
00:52:10 Thou has't mistaken quite.
00:56:42 Lysander!
01:00:05 Bottom.
01:04:28 Murder! Murder!
01:10:49 Where shall we go?
01:18:01 a million fail, confounding oath on oath.
01:21:44 But why unkindly did you leave me so?
01:25:28 How low am l, you painted maypole?
01:29:24 You runaway.
01:35:05 [CHUCKLING]
01:47:41 my sweet queen
01:53:55 [BRAYS]
02:02:11 Come now, what masques, what dances shall we have?
02:06:09 [GIGGLING]
02:10:14 Ah. Ah.
02:14:30 Come...
Cast & Characters
James Cagney
Bottom - the Weaver
Dick Powell
Lysander - In Love with Hermia
Ian Hunter
Theseus - Duke of Athens
Verree Teasdale
Hippolyta - Queen of the Amazons - Betrothed to Theseus
Hobart Cavanaugh
Philostrate - Master of Revels to Theseus
Ross Alexander
Demetrius - In Love with Hermia
Olivia de Havilland
Hermia - In Love with Lysander
Jean Muir
Helena - In Love with Demetrius
Grant Mitchell
Egeus - Father to Hermia
Frank McHugh
Quince - the Carpenter
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,520
Dialogue density10.6 lines / min
First line00:09:59
Final line02:14:30
Production Record
DirectorMax Reinhardt, William Dieterle
LanguageEnglish
Revenue$25,002,557
IMDb votes4,032