Romeo and Juliet

DVD 2007

"Your job is to protect Shakespeare from us," producer Irving Thalberg told a scholar hired to consult on Romeo and Juliet. Thalberg's respect for the Bard infuses this "best of the pre-Oliver Shakespeare films" (David Shipman, The Story of Cinema) chosen as one of 1930's 10-best films by The New York Times and the National Board of Review. George Cukor directs this timeless tale of ardent lovers divided by family Norma Shearer and Leslie Howard...

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ISBN:

9781419843990
1419849719
1419843990

Uniform Title:

Romeo and Juliet (Motion picture : 1936)

Description:

1 videodisc (119 minutes) : sound, black and white; 4 3/4 in
monochrome
digital optical surround sound Dolby Digital 5.1
videodisc
laser optical NTSC
video file DVD video region 1

Target Audience Note:

Canadian Home Video Rating: Not rated

Other Title:

Master Will Shakespeare (Motion picture : 1936)
Little Cheeser (Motion picture : 1936)
Romeo and Juliet [1936 : Shearer/Howard]

Notes:

Originally released as a motion picture in 1936
Special features: "Master Will Shakespeare," a short biography directed by Jacques Tournier (11 minutes, black & white, 1936) ; cartoon "Little Cheeser" ; theatrical trailer
Director of photography, William Daniels ; editor, Margaret Booth ; music, Herbert Stothart
Norma Shearer, Leslie Howard, John Barrymore, Edna May Oliver, Basil Rathbone, C. Aubrey Smith, Andy Devine
DVD, region 1; Dolby digital monophonic
In English with optional French or Portuguese subtitles and English subtitles for the hearing impaired

Control Number:

527298

UPC:

012569795273

Other Authors:

Barrymore, John, 1882-1942, actor
Cukor, George, 1899-1983, director
Devine, Andy, 1905-1977, actor
Howard, Leslie, 1893-1943, actor
Jennings, Talbot, screenwriter
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Oliver, Edna May, 1883-1942, actor
Rathbone, Basil, 1892-1967, actor
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Romeo and Juliet
Shearer, Norma, 1902-1983, actor
Smith, C. Aubrey (Charles Aubrey), 1863-1948, actor
Stothart, Herbert, 1885-1949, composer
Tourneur, Jacques, 1904-1977, director
Turner Entertainment Co
Warner Home Video (Firm)

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