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** Subverted with Ross Alexander, who played Demetrius. He was being groomed by the HollywoodHypeMachine and had just starred in the hit ''Film/CaptainBlood''. But his wife abruptly committed suicide, and he followed suit just two years later.
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** Subverted with Ross Alexander, who played Demetrius. He was being groomed by the HollywoodHypeMachine and had just starred in the hit ''Film/CaptainBlood''. But his wife abruptly [[DrivenToSuicide committed suicide, suicide]], and he followed suit just two years later.
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** Nick Bottom was supposed to have a wife in early drafts of the script. She is added into the 1999 film, showing them with an AwfulWeddedLife.
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** Nick Bottom was supposed to have a wife in early drafts of the script. She is added into to the 1999 film, showing them with an AwfulWeddedLife.
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* TroubledProduction: Mildly, but the forest scenes were done inside an aircraft hangar for five weeks, and the plants used started to decay under the hot studio lights - releasing lots of noxious gases. The Helena and Hermia mud fight could only have two takes, because it took four hours to properly clean and prep the actresses for a second. As filming mostly took place at night, the cast became increasingly unhinged.
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* TroubledProduction: Mildly, but the forest scenes were done inside an aircraft hangar for five weeks, and the plants used started to decay under the hot studio lights - releasing lots of noxious harmful gases. The Helena and Hermia mud fight could only have two takes, because it took four hours to properly clean and prep the actresses for a second. As filming mostly took place at night, the cast became increasingly unhinged.
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Misuse. Follow The Leader requires more similarity than merely adapting a second work by the same author.
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* FollowTheLeader: ''Film/RomeoAndJuliet1936'' was greenlit after this proved successful.
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** Director Max Reinhardt's original wish list included Creator/CharlieChaplin as Nick Bottom, Creator/WCFields as Francis Flut, Creator/GaryCooper as Lysander, Creator/FredAstaire as Puck, Creator/JohnBarrymore as Oberon, Creator/WalterHuston as Theseus, Creator/ClarkGable as Demetrius, Creator/JoanCrawford as Hermia, Creator/MyrnaLoy as Helena, Creator/GretaGarbo as Titania and Creator/WallaceBeery as Snug.
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** Director Max Reinhardt's original wish list included Creator/CharlieChaplin as Nick Bottom, Creator/WCFields as Francis Flut, Flute, Creator/GaryCooper as Lysander, Creator/FredAstaire as Puck, Creator/JohnBarrymore as Oberon, Creator/WalterHuston as Theseus, Creator/ClarkGable as Demetrius, Creator/JoanCrawford as Hermia, Creator/MyrnaLoy as Helena, Creator/GretaGarbo as Titania and Creator/WallaceBeery as Snug.
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** Original choices for the roles were Creator/LeslieHoward, Creator/CharlesLaughton, Creator/BetteDavis and Creator/LaurenceOlivier. ExecutiveMeddling saw Dick Powell, Creator/JamesCagney, Anita Louise and Ian Hunter being cast. It's unknown why Bette Davis - who was under contract with Creator/WarnerBros - wasn't used.
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** Original choices for the roles were Creator/LeslieHoward, Creator/CharlesLaughton, Creator/BetteDavis Director Max Reinhardt's original wish list included Creator/CharlieChaplin as Nick Bottom, Creator/WCFields as Francis Flut, Creator/GaryCooper as Lysander, Creator/FredAstaire as Puck, Creator/JohnBarrymore as Oberon, Creator/WalterHuston as Theseus, Creator/ClarkGable as Demetrius, Creator/JoanCrawford as Hermia, Creator/MyrnaLoy as Helena, Creator/GretaGarbo as Titania and Creator/LaurenceOlivier. ExecutiveMeddling saw Dick Powell, Creator/JamesCagney, Anita Louise and Ian Hunter being cast. It's unknown why Bette Davis - who was under contract with Creator/WarnerBros - wasn't used.Creator/WallaceBeery as Snug.
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* {{Jossed}}: Avant-garde director Kenneth Anger claimed in his autobiography that he played the changeling prince. The part was actually played by child star Sheila Browne.
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* ActingInTheDark: Dick Powell admitted to having no idea what his lines meant.
* AwesomeDearBoy: James Cagney jumped at the chance to play a hammy actor, having got his start as a song and dance man, and looking for any chance to show his talents off.
* BannedInChina: Banned in Nazi Germany, because of Jewish crew members.
* CreatorBacklash: Dick Powell felt he was miscast as Lysander and asked to be taken off the film.
* FakeShemp: Mickey Rooney broke his leg during filming and many of his scenes have a double with his vocals dubbed over.
* FollowTheLeader: A version of ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'' starring Leslie Howard and Norma Shearer was greenlit after this proved successful.
* AwesomeDearBoy: James Cagney jumped at the chance to play a hammy actor, having got his start as a song and dance man, and looking for any chance to show his talents off.
* BannedInChina: Banned in Nazi Germany, because of Jewish crew members.
* CreatorBacklash: Dick Powell felt he was miscast as Lysander and asked to be taken off the film.
* FakeShemp: Mickey Rooney broke his leg during filming and many of his scenes have a double with his vocals dubbed over.
* FollowTheLeader: A version of ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'' starring Leslie Howard and Norma Shearer was greenlit after this proved successful.
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* ActingInTheDark: Dick Powell Creator/DickPowell admitted to having no idea what his lines meant.
* AwesomeDearBoy:James Cagney Creator/JamesCagney jumped at the chance to play a hammy actor, having got his start as a song and dance man, and looking for any chance to show his talents off.
* BannedInChina:Banned The movie was banned in Germany by the Nazi Germany, government because of Jewish crew members.
Max Reinhardt and Felix Mendelssohn were Jews and considered undesirable.
* CreatorBacklash:Dick Powell Creator/DickPowell felt he was miscast as Lysander and asked to be taken off the film.
*FakeShemp: Mickey Rooney broke his leg during filming and many of his scenes have a double with his vocals dubbed over.
*FollowTheLeader: A version of ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'' starring Leslie Howard and Norma Shearer ''Film/RomeoAndJuliet1936'' was greenlit after this proved successful.
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* PlayingAgainstType: James Cagney, he of gangster films and tough guy roles, plays a bumbling ButtMonkey who ends up with a donkey's head.
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* PlayingAgainstType: James Cagney, Creator/JamesCagney, he of gangster films and tough guy roles, plays a bumbling ButtMonkey who ends up with a donkey's head.
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* AllStarCast: And how! Creator/ChristianBale, Calista Flockhart, Creator/MichellePfeiffer, Creator/KevinKline, Creator/StanleyTucci, Rupert Everett, Anna Friel, Dominic West...
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* AllStarCast: And how! Creator/ChristianBale, Calista Flockhart, Creator/CalistaFlockhart, Creator/MichellePfeiffer, Creator/KevinKline, Creator/StanleyTucci, Rupert Everett, Anna Friel, Dominic West...Creator/RupertEverett, Creator/AnnaFriel, Creator/DominicWest...
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* CreatorBacklash: Kevin Kline felt he was a better fit for Oberon, and disliked playing the cartoonish Bottom.
* CreatorInJoke: One group of players can be seen rehearsing a scene from ''{{Theatre/Othello}}'' while the Mechanicals are waiting for words from the Duke.
* CreatorInJoke: One group of players can be seen rehearsing a scene from ''{{Theatre/Othello}}'' while the Mechanicals are waiting for words from the Duke.
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* CreatorBacklash: Kevin Kline Creator/KevinKline felt he was a better fit for Oberon, and disliked playing the cartoonish Bottom.
* CreatorInJoke: One group of players can be seen rehearsing a scene from ''{{Theatre/Othello}}'' while the Mechanicals are waiting for words from the Duke.Bottom.
* CreatorInJoke: One group of players can be seen rehearsing a scene from ''{{Theatre/Othello}}'' while the Mechanicals are waiting for words from the Duke.
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** A few years later, Dominic West would be far more likely to play Demetrius. But here he's Lysander.
** Christian Bale was likewise more accustomed to playing the plucky hero at the time (before ''Film/AmericanPsycho'' broke him of such typecasting). But here he plays Demetrius.
** Christian Bale was likewise more accustomed to playing the plucky hero at the time (before ''Film/AmericanPsycho'' broke him of such typecasting). But here he plays Demetrius.
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** A few years later, Dominic West Creator/DominicWest would be far more likely to play Demetrius. But here he's Lysander.
**Christian Bale Creator/ChristianBale was likewise more accustomed to playing the plucky hero at the time (before ''Film/AmericanPsycho'' broke him of such typecasting). But here he plays Demetrius.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Calista Flockhart initially turned down the role of Helena, but relented when they were able to work around her ''Series/AllyMcBeal'' schedule.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Calista Flockhart Creator/CalistaFlockhart initially turned down the role of Helena, but relented when they were able to work around her ''Series/AllyMcBeal'' schedule.
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** Nick Bottom was apparently supposed to have a wife in early drafts of the script.
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** Nick Bottom was apparently supposed to have a wife in early drafts of the script.
script. She is added into the 1999 film, showing them with an AwfulWeddedLife.
* BillingDisplacement: Calista Flockhart is billed second, as she was recognisable for ''Series/AllyMcBeal'', even though Hermia and Lysander have more prominence than Helena.
* CreatorBacklash: Kevin Kline felt he was a better fit for Oberon, and disliked playing the cartoonish Bottom.
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** Christian Bale was likewise more accustomed to playing the plucky hero at the time (before ''Film/AmericanPsycho'' broke him of such typecasting). But here he plays Demetrius.
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** Christian Bale was likewise more accustomed to playing the plucky hero at the time (before ''Film/AmericanPsycho'' broke him of such typecasting). But here he plays Demetrius.Demetrius.
* TroubledProduction: Mildly, but the forest scenes were done inside an aircraft hangar for five weeks, and the plants used started to decay under the hot studio lights - releasing lots of noxious gases. The Helena and Hermia mud fight could only have two takes, because it took four hours to properly clean and prep the actresses for a second. As filming mostly took place at night, the cast became increasingly unhinged.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Calista Flockhart initially turned down the role of Helena, but relented when they were able to work around her ''Series/AllyMcBeal'' schedule.
* TroubledProduction: Mildly, but the forest scenes were done inside an aircraft hangar for five weeks, and the plants used started to decay under the hot studio lights - releasing lots of noxious gases. The Helena and Hermia mud fight could only have two takes, because it took four hours to properly clean and prep the actresses for a second. As filming mostly took place at night, the cast became increasingly unhinged.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Calista Flockhart initially turned down the role of Helena, but relented when they were able to work around her ''Series/AllyMcBeal'' schedule.
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* ActingInTheDark: Dick Powell admitted to having no idea what his lines meant.
* AwesomeDearBoy: James Cagney jumped at the chance to play a hammy actor, having got his start as a song and dance man, and looking for any chance to show his talents off.
* AwesomeDearBoy: James Cagney jumped at the chance to play a hammy actor, having got his start as a song and dance man, and looking for any chance to show his talents off.
* FakeShemp: Mickey Rooney broke his leg during filming and many of his scenes have a double with his vocals dubbed over.
* PlayingAgainstType: James Cagney, he of gangster films and tough guy roles, plays a bumbling ButtMonkey who ends up with a donkey's head.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Original choices for the roles were Creator/LeslieHoward, Creator/CharlesLaughton, Creator/BetteDavis and Creator/LaurenceOlivier. ExecutiveMeddling saw Dick Powell, Creator/JamesCagney, Anita Louise and Ian Hunter being cast. It's unknown why Bette Davis - who was under contract with Creator/WarnerBros - wasn't used.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Original choices for the roles were Creator/LeslieHoward, Creator/CharlesLaughton, Creator/BetteDavis and Creator/LaurenceOlivier. ExecutiveMeddling saw Dick Powell, Creator/JamesCagney, Anita Louise and Ian Hunter being cast. It's unknown why Bette Davis - who was under contract with Creator/WarnerBros - wasn't used.
** Nick Bottom was apparently supposed to have a wife in early drafts of the script.
** Original choices for the roles were Creator/LeslieHoward, Creator/CharlesLaughton, Creator/BetteDavis and Creator/LaurenceOlivier. ExecutiveMeddling saw Dick Powell, Creator/JamesCagney, Anita Louise and Ian Hunter being cast. It's unknown why Bette Davis - who was under contract with Creator/WarnerBros - wasn't used.
** Nick Bottom was apparently supposed to have a wife in early drafts of the script.
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* CaliforniaDoubling: Played with. Actions of the play were relocated to Tuscany as opposed to Athens, but references to Athens were still kept in the script.
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* CaliforniaDoubling: Played with. Actions The action of the play were is relocated to Tuscany as opposed to Athens, but references to Athens were are still kept in the script.script. The film's opening titles set the action in a fictional Tuscan region called "Monte Athena."
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* FakeShemp: Mickey Rooney had to be doubled by George Breakston in many scenes, as he broke his leg during filming.
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* GenreTurningPoint: Beforehand, it was widely thought that Shakespeare films wouldn't be seen by the general public (as a 1929 adaptation of ''Theatre/TheTamingOfTheShrew'' had bombed). After the success of this, more were produced.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Original choices for the roles were Leslie Howard, Charles Laughton, Bette Davis and Laurence Olivier. ExecutiveMeddling saw Dick Powell, James Cagney, Anita Louise and Ian Hunter being cast. It's unknown why Bette Davis - who was under contract with Warner Bros - wasn't used.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Original choices for the roles were Leslie Howard, Charles Laughton, Bette Davis Creator/LeslieHoward, Creator/CharlesLaughton, Creator/BetteDavis and Laurence Olivier. Creator/LaurenceOlivier. ExecutiveMeddling saw Dick Powell, James Cagney, Creator/JamesCagney, Anita Louise and Ian Hunter being cast. It's unknown why Bette Davis - who was under contract with Warner Bros Creator/WarnerBros - wasn't used.
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* AllStarCast: And how! Christian Bale, Calista Flockhart, Michelle Pfeiffer, Kevin Kline, Stanley Tucci, Rupert Everett, Anna Friel, Dominic West...
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* AllStarCast: And how! Christian Bale, Creator/ChristianBale, Calista Flockhart, Michelle Pfeiffer, Kevin Kline, Stanley Tucci, Creator/MichellePfeiffer, Creator/KevinKline, Creator/StanleyTucci, Rupert Everett, Anna Friel, Dominic West...
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!!The 1935 film:
* AcclaimedFlop: The film lost money, but got a decent reception and won two Oscars - with a further two nominations.
* BannedInChina: Banned in Nazi Germany, because of Jewish crew members.
* CreatorBacklash: Dick Powell felt he was miscast as Lysander and asked to be taken off the film.
* FakeShemp: Mickey Rooney had to be doubled by George Breakston in many scenes, as he broke his leg during filming.
* FollowTheLeader: A version of ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'' starring Leslie Howard and Norma Shearer was greenlit after this proved successful.
* GenreTurningPoint: Beforehand, it was widely thought that Shakespeare films wouldn't be seen by the general public (as a 1929 adaptation of ''Theatre/TheTamingOfTheShrew'' had bombed). After the success of this, more were produced.
* {{Jossed}}: Avant-garde director Kenneth Anger claimed in his autobiography that he played the changeling prince. The part was actually played by child star Sheila Browne.
* StarMakingRole:
** Creator/OliviaDeHavilland made her big screen debut here. She shot two more films that got released first, but the success of all three resulted in a high profile for her.
** Subverted with Ross Alexander, who played Demetrius. He was being groomed by the HollywoodHypeMachine and had just starred in the hit ''Film/CaptainBlood''. But his wife abruptly committed suicide, and he followed suit just two years later.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Original choices for the roles were Leslie Howard, Charles Laughton, Bette Davis and Laurence Olivier. ExecutiveMeddling saw Dick Powell, James Cagney, Anita Louise and Ian Hunter being cast. It's unknown why Bette Davis - who was under contract with Warner Bros - wasn't used.
!!The 1999 film:
* AllStarCast: And how! Christian Bale, Calista Flockhart, Michelle Pfeiffer, Kevin Kline, Stanley Tucci, Rupert Everett, Anna Friel, Dominic West...
* CaliforniaDoubling: Played with. Actions of the play were relocated to Tuscany as opposed to Athens, but references to Athens were still kept in the script.
* CreatorInJoke: One group of players can be seen rehearsing a scene from ''{{Theatre/Othello}}'' while the Mechanicals are waiting for words from the Duke.
* PlayingAgainstType:
** A few years later, Dominic West would be far more likely to play Demetrius. But here he's Lysander.
** Christian Bale was likewise more accustomed to playing the plucky hero at the time (before ''Film/AmericanPsycho'' broke him of such typecasting). But here he plays Demetrius.
* AcclaimedFlop: The film lost money, but got a decent reception and won two Oscars - with a further two nominations.
* BannedInChina: Banned in Nazi Germany, because of Jewish crew members.
* CreatorBacklash: Dick Powell felt he was miscast as Lysander and asked to be taken off the film.
* FakeShemp: Mickey Rooney had to be doubled by George Breakston in many scenes, as he broke his leg during filming.
* FollowTheLeader: A version of ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'' starring Leslie Howard and Norma Shearer was greenlit after this proved successful.
* GenreTurningPoint: Beforehand, it was widely thought that Shakespeare films wouldn't be seen by the general public (as a 1929 adaptation of ''Theatre/TheTamingOfTheShrew'' had bombed). After the success of this, more were produced.
* {{Jossed}}: Avant-garde director Kenneth Anger claimed in his autobiography that he played the changeling prince. The part was actually played by child star Sheila Browne.
* StarMakingRole:
** Creator/OliviaDeHavilland made her big screen debut here. She shot two more films that got released first, but the success of all three resulted in a high profile for her.
** Subverted with Ross Alexander, who played Demetrius. He was being groomed by the HollywoodHypeMachine and had just starred in the hit ''Film/CaptainBlood''. But his wife abruptly committed suicide, and he followed suit just two years later.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Original choices for the roles were Leslie Howard, Charles Laughton, Bette Davis and Laurence Olivier. ExecutiveMeddling saw Dick Powell, James Cagney, Anita Louise and Ian Hunter being cast. It's unknown why Bette Davis - who was under contract with Warner Bros - wasn't used.
!!The 1999 film:
* AllStarCast: And how! Christian Bale, Calista Flockhart, Michelle Pfeiffer, Kevin Kline, Stanley Tucci, Rupert Everett, Anna Friel, Dominic West...
* CaliforniaDoubling: Played with. Actions of the play were relocated to Tuscany as opposed to Athens, but references to Athens were still kept in the script.
* CreatorInJoke: One group of players can be seen rehearsing a scene from ''{{Theatre/Othello}}'' while the Mechanicals are waiting for words from the Duke.
* PlayingAgainstType:
** A few years later, Dominic West would be far more likely to play Demetrius. But here he's Lysander.
** Christian Bale was likewise more accustomed to playing the plucky hero at the time (before ''Film/AmericanPsycho'' broke him of such typecasting). But here he plays Demetrius.
