CinemaOSMovie · 1936 · 0h 20m

Shake, Mr. Shakespeare

65%(2)IMDbComedy

Comedic short featuring Shakespeare's notable characters; many performing musical numbers. An assistant director is told to read all Shakespeare’s works in order to mine them for potential film plots. Falling asleep on the job, he dreams of various Shakespearean characters coming to life from the pages of giant books and singing and dancing in celebration of their "goin’ Hollywood." The characters appearing include Romeo, Juliet, Juliet’s Nurse, Puck, Peter Quince, Hamlet, Old Hamlet’s Ghost, Falstaff, Antony, Cleopatra, and Macbeth. Shakespeare appears toward the end of the film to object, but he is quickly convinced by his characters to join a big song and dance routine. Includes passing references to a number of familiar Shakespearean scenes including Hamlet’s "to be or not to be" soliloquy, Romeo and Juliet’s balcony scene, Hamlet with Yorick’s skull, and Enobarbus’ speech on Cleopatra’s barge.

Directed byRoy Mack

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Status
Released
Runtime
0h 20m
Language
EN
Released
August 21, 1936
Studios
The Vitaphone CorporationWarner Bros. Pictures

Featuring

Cast & crew

7 credited
Starring

Carolyn Marsh

Juliet

Allan Mann

Romeo

William Hall

William Hall

Marc Antony

Frank Jaquet

Frank Jaquet

Falstaff

Harry Shannon

Harry Shannon

Macbeth

John Bohn

Richard Lane

Richard Lane

Mr. Smith

Creative team
Directed by
Roy Mack
Roy Mack
Written by
Cyrus Wood

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