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.
00:14:49 In our interlude...
00:19:22 [SINGING PLAYFULLY]
00:22:55 You must play...
00:29:32 Are not you he that frights the maidens of the village?
00:38:19 And...
00:42:50 But you can never bring in a wall. What say you, Bottom?
00:48:36 One heart, one bed, two bosoms and one troth.
00:53:27 Lysander, if you live, good sir, awake!
00:57:47 Here.
01:01:19 Most lily-white of hue.
01:06:57 [CHUCKLES]
01:12:30 Mustardseed.
01:19:44 I had no judgment when to her I swore.
01:23:11 Sweet, do not scorn her so.
01:26:59 Sir, sir!
01:31:50 [BOTH MUTTERING]
01:38:09 See'st thou this sweet sight?
01:51:34 MAN: Peter Quince.
01:59:17 It is with our goodwill.
02:04:36 [GIGGLING]
02:09:11 if imagination assist them.
02:13:09 What, dead, my dove?
02:19:43 and Robin shall restore amends!
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 line02:19:43
Production Record
DirectorMax Reinhardt, William Dieterle
LanguageEnglish
Revenue$25,002,557
IMDb votes4,032