Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet (1936)

2:05 (125 min)

Drama, Romance

United States

6.5/10
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All about film

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Actors and characters

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Production

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Release date

3 September 1936

Director

George Cukor

Producer

Irving Thalberg

All team (12)

Actors

Norma Shearer

Juliet

Leslie Howard

Romeo

John Barrymore

Mercutio

Edna May Oliver

Juliet's Nurse

Basil Rathbone

Tybalt

C. Aubrey Smith

Lord Capulet

Andy Devine

Peter

Conway Tearle

Escalus

All actors and roles (10)

• John Barrymore drank heavily during the production of the film. MGM studio head Irving Thalberg (1899-1936) insisted that studio guards keep an eye on him during filming to prevent him from drinking. Nevertheless, the actor still managed to get hold of alcohol and indulge. After the filming of one scene, as the cast members present on set began to applaud the actors in that scene, Barrymore interrupted them with a booming: 'Stop the damn clapping! Does anyone have a drink?'
• This film became the final project of producer Irving Thalberg (who passed away in September 1936).
• The role of Romeo went to Leslie Howard after Laurence Olivier and Robert Donat turned it down.

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1939 FR 7.8/10

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1934 FR 7.7/10

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1938 US 7.7/10

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