Romeo and Juliet
"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...