| Academy Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 | Won | Oscar | Best Cinematography Hal Mohr First and only write-in nominee to actually win. |
| Best Film Editing Ralph Dawson | |||
| Nominated | Oscar | Best Assistant Director Sherry Shourds | |
| Best Picture (Warner Bros.). | |||
Warner Bros.
Directed by Max Reinhardt and William Deiterle
My rating: 1.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Warner Bros.)
Shakespeare goes Hollywood in this long, silly adaptation of the classic play. Mortal lovers Dick Powell, Ross Alexander, Olivia de Havilland and Jean Muir get sprinkled with pixie dust and love potions and become pawns of the mischievous Mickey Rooney as Puck, a sort of demented Cupid. Most of the film takes place in a magical forest inhabited by flying fairies on wires and their King Oberon. At times it resembles a low-tech Lord of the Rings, which is a compliment to neither film. A subplot involves James Cagney as a dumb actor who gets turned into an ass, literally. Cagney and Rooney, in particular, overact hilariously. If you make it to the end, there is a play put on for a Duke starring an ugly man in drag that goes on forever.
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