oliviadehavilland — settima https://write.underworld.fr/settima/tag:oliviadehavilland @settima@zirk.us Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:36:46 +0200 A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Dieterle + Max Reinhardt, 1935) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/a-midsummer-nights-dream-1935 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Dieterle + Max Reinhardt, 1935)/div div class="month" Jun/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 10/div div class="occasion" Superman Week/div div class="img" A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)/div div class="caption" Oberon (Victor Jory) – King of the Fairies – on his horse with Puck (Mickey Rooney) – a trickster sprite. While they ride of, Oberon's cape flows behind them through the trees, supported by the fae. A lot of the other-worldly fairy sparkle was accomplished by generous amounts of DuPont(R) cellophane/a and cinematographer Hal Mohr's contribution of trimming the trees with aluminium paint, cobwebs, and small metal particles. DP: Hal Mohr./div div class="txt" ##### Capes, cloaks, and mantles are everywhere in Dieterle and Reinhardt's lavishly outfitted A Midsummer Night's Dream. The dreamlike #CostumeDesign by Max Rée and the uncredited Milo Anderson is as much as a personality as #Shakespeare's characters are. "Now, until the break of day, Through this house each fairy stray…" ### – Oberon, Act 5, Scene 1\ Any reports of Kenneth Anger's presence as the Changeling Prince are greatly exaggerated./div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2023FilmChallenge #SupermanWeek #WilliamDieterle #MaxReinhardt #MaxRée #MiloAnderson #HalMohr #WilliamShakespeare #VictorJory #MickeyRooney #JamesCagney #DickPowell #OliviaDeHavilland #BookAdaptation #FelixMendelssohn #HalMohr #capes #fashion #dance #ballet #fantasy #theatre #fairies #fae #midsummer #fashion #comedy #romance #USA #1930s/div /section ]]>

A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Dieterle + Max Reinhardt, 1935)

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A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)

Oberon (Victor Jory) – King of the Fairies – on his horse with Puck (Mickey Rooney) – a trickster sprite. While they ride of, Oberon's cape flows behind them through the trees, supported by the fae. A lot of the other-worldly fairy sparkle was accomplished by generous amounts of DuPont® cellophane and cinematographer Hal Mohr's contribution of trimming the trees with aluminium paint, cobwebs, and small metal particles. DP: Hal Mohr.

Capes, cloaks, and mantles are everywhere in Dieterle and Reinhardt's lavishly outfitted A Midsummer Night's Dream. The dreamlike #CostumeDesign by Max Rée and the uncredited Milo Anderson is as much as a personality as #Shakespeare's characters are.

“Now, until the break of day, Through this house each fairy stray…”

– Oberon, Act 5, Scene 1

Any reports of Kenneth Anger's presence as the Changeling Prince are greatly exaggerated.

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