Romeo and Juliet (1937 Television)

Series

Scenes from Shakespeare

Director

Royston Morley

Producer

Royston Morley

Television programme featuring scenes based on Romeo and Juliet, with Jean Forbes-Robertson as Juliet and Michael Redgrave as Romeo.

Hamlet and Eggs (1937 Film)

Director

William Watson

Producer

Al Christie

Comedy short. An exhausted Shakespearean actor, on holiday in an isolated ranch in Arizona, is forced to put on an amateur production of Romeo and Juliet. Juliet awakens in her tomb and sings ‘O Bury Me...

It’s Love I’m After (1937 Film)

aka: Gentlemen After Midnight

Director

Archie L. Mayo

Screwball comedy. Actors Basil Underwood (Howard) and Joyce Arden (Bette Davis) have postponed their marriage eleven times. Henry Grant’s fiancée Macia is infatuated with Basil. At Henry’s request Basil...

Mickey’s Grand Opera (1937 Film)

Director

Wilfred Jackson

Producer

Walt Disney; John Sutherland (2)

Cartoon. Mickey Mouse is preparing to conduct an operatic version of Romeo and Juliet with Donald Duck as Romeo and Clara Cluck as Juliet. Pluto upsets the magician’s props backstage and they come to life...

Romeo and Juliet (1936 Film)

Feature film. A lavish and reverential adaptation of Shakespeare’s play with Leslie Howard and Norma Shearer in the title roles.

Pay As You Exit (1936 Film)

Series

Our Gang

Director

Gordon Douglas

Producer

Hal Roach

American comedy short. Hoping to attract customers to Spanky McFarland’s barnyard production of Romeo and Juliet, star performer Carl ‘Alfalfa’ Switzer proposes a ‘pay as you exit’ policy: If the...

Hollywood Hotel [04/09/1936] (1936 Radio)

Series

Hollywood Hotel

Director

George MacGarrett

Variety show, presented by Louella Parsons, showcasing stars from recent movies. In each episode there was a 20 minute dramatic segment adapting a recent film. In this episode Norma Shearer and Edna May...

Jack Benny Program, The [01/11/1936] (1936 Radio)

aka: Doc Benny’s Minstrels - Romeo and Juliet

Series

Jack Benny Program, The

Director

Hilliard Marks

Radio variety show. This episode parodies Cukor’s feature film ROMEO AND JULIET (1936) using the balcony scene with verbal gags and slapstick business to parody and comment on the high-minded tone of the...

Ginger (1936 Film)

Director

Lewis Seiler

Producer

Sol M. Wurtzel

Feature film. Rex Whittington (Heggie) is an ageing and alcoholic Shakespearean actor, depressed after being offered only a spear-carrier role in a movie. When he is arrested his loving niece, Ginger,...

Entertainment Parade [19/10/1936] (1936 Radio)

Series

Entertainment Parade

Producer

John Watt

Radio broadcast. As part of this world entertainment review programme, Basil Rathbone introduces George Cukor’s new film ROMEO AND JULIET (1936). His talk is illustrated by a recorded excerpt of a scene...