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Programme Information

Howard and Shearer (wife of MGM Chief Thalberg) star in this magnificent early screen version of Shakespeare's tragedy tracing the romance of two doomed young lovers from rival Renaissance families. Barrymore makes a lively Mercutio.

Keywords:

Drama, Romance, Based-on-Play, Movie, Film, Movies, Films, Oscar Best Picture Nominated, Oscar Best Actress Nominee

Additional Information:

(Black and white) (1936) (USA) (3 Star)

Cast:

Norma Shearer	.... Juliet
Leslie Howard	.... Romeo
John Barrymore	.... Mercutio
Edna May Oliver	.... Nurse to Juliet
Basil Rathbone	.... Tybalt
C. Aubrey Smith	.... Lord Capulet

Supporting Cast:

Andy Devine	.... Peter
Conway Tearle	.... Escalus
Ralph Forbes	.... Paris
Henry Kolker	.... Friar Laurence
Robert Warwick	.... Lord Montague
Virginia Hammond	.... Lady Montague

Directors:

George Cukor

Writers:

William Shakespeare
Talbot Jennings