The 1935 Midsummer’s Night Dream is a hoot. Mashup of old-world theatrical staging and Hollywood actors hamming it up; Jimmy Cagney as Bottom, Mickey Rooney as Puck.
Richard III is not one of the greatest plays, but it’s fun. It has famous lines, and the out-sized villainy of Richard makes for a meaty role. The 1955 Laurence Olivier version is a classic straightforward mid-century production. Tastes vary when it comes to major re-vamping of period and setting for Shakespeare, but I thought Ian McKellen’s 1996 take, making Richard a 1930’s-style fascist, was really good.
1935 version of midsummer also features Kenneth Anger as the changling prince
I know I’ve seen it decades ago. Time to re-up
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The 1935 Midsummer’s Night Dream is a hoot. Mashup of old-world theatrical staging and Hollywood actors hamming it up; Jimmy Cagney as Bottom, Mickey Rooney as Puck.
Richard III is not one of the greatest plays, but it’s fun. It has famous lines, and the out-sized villainy of Richard makes for a meaty role. The 1955 Laurence Olivier version is a classic straightforward mid-century production. Tastes vary when it comes to major re-vamping of period and setting for Shakespeare, but I thought Ian McKellen’s 1996 take, making Richard a 1930’s-style fascist, was really good.
- alex 7-26-2021 1:36 pm
1935 version of midsummer also features Kenneth Anger as the changling prince
- steve 7-27-2021 7:51 am [add a comment]
Dave doesn't care; he gave away his copy of Hollywood Babylon.
(Good grief, the guy's still alive...)
- alex 7-27-2021 2:09 pm [add a comment]
actually i didnt but i did listen to a podcast which basically said it was full of bunch of unsubstantiated nonsense.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_Babylon#Fallacies
- dave 7-27-2021 2:21 pm [add a comment]
I know I’ve seen it decades ago. Time to re-up
- bill 7-27-2021 9:49 am [add a comment]
watching it tonight......
- Skinny 7-27-2021 5:02 pm [add a comment]