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...
Cast
Ian Hunter
Theseus
Verree Teasdale
Hippolyta
Hobart Cavanaugh
Philostrate
Dick Powell
Lysander
Ross Alexander
Demetrius
Olivia de Havilland
Hermia
Jean Muir
Helena
Grant Mitchell
Egeus
Frank McHugh
Quince
Dewey Robinson
Snug
James Cagney
Bottom
Joe E. Brown
Flute
Hugh Herbert
Snout
Otis Harlan
Starveling
Arthur Treacher
Epilogue
Victor Jory
Oberon
Anita Louise
Titania
Nini Theilade
Fairie
Mickey Rooney
Puck
Katherine Frey
Pease-Blossom
Helen Westcott
Cobweb
Fred Sale Jr.
Moth
Billy Barty
Mustard-Seed
Sheila Brown
Changeling Prince (uncredited)
George P. Breakston
Body Double for Mickey Rooney (uncredited)
Crew
Max Reinhardt
Director
William Dieterle
Director
Charles Kenyon
Screenplay
Mary C. McCall, Jr.
Screenplay
Ralph Dawson
Editor
Warren Low
Assistant Editor
Hal Mohr
Director of Photography
Russell Saunders
Assistant Director
Sherry Shourds
Assistant Director
Hal B. Wallis
Executive Producer
Jack L. Warner
Executive Producer
Henry Blanke
Producer
Stanley Cortez
Camera Operator
Robert Surtees
Camera Operator
Tom Brannigan
Camera Operator
R. G. Mitchell
Assistant Camera
L. De Angelis
Assistant Camera
Max Rée
Costume Design
Milo Anderson
Costume Design
Faye Hanlin
Hair Designer
Perc Westmore
Makeup Designer
Nathan Levinson
Sound
Charles David Forrest
Sound
Fred Jackman
Special Effects
Byron Haskin
Special Effects
Hans F. Koenekamp
Special Effects
Felix Mendelssohn
Original Music Composer
Leo F. Forbstein
Music Director
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Music Arranger
Stanley Logan
Dialogue Coach
Ben Bone
Set Decoration
Emmett Emerson
Props
John More
Props
Mickey Marigold
Still Photographer
Bronislawa Nijinska
Choreographer
Nini Theilade
Choreographer
William Classen
Grip
Al Alleborn
Unit Manager
William Shakespeare
Theatre Play
Anton Grot
Art Direction
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