From this Saturday at 12am Eastern, that’s 4pm Saturday in NZ, 2pm in Sydney and 5am in the UK, and repeated every four hours throughout the day, it’s the described movies Romeo and Juliet from 1936 and Little Women from 1933.
Romeo and Juliet is a 1936 American film adapted from the play by William Shakespeare, directed by George Cukor from a screenplay by Talbot Jennings.
The film stars Leslie Howard as Romeo and Norma Shearer as Juliet, and the supporting cast features John Barrymore, Basil Rathbone, and Andy Devine.
The New York Times selected the film as one of the "Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made", calling it "a lavish production" that "is extremely well-produced and acted."
Directed by: George Cukor.
Written by: Talbot Jennings and William Shakespeare (play).
Based on: Romeo and Juliet 1597 play by William Shakespeare.
Produced by: Irving Thalberg.
Starring: Norma Shearer, Leslie Howard, John Barrymore, Basil Rathbone AND Andy Devine.
Cinematography: William H. Daniels.
Edited by: Margaret Booth.
Music by: Herbert Stothart.
Distributed by: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Release date: 20 August , 1936.
File Length: 124 minutes.
Country: United States.
Language: English.
Budget: $2 million.
Box office: $962,000 (Domestic earnings) $1,113,000 (Foreign earnings).
Little Women is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film, directed by George Cukor and starring Katharine Hepburn, Joan Bennett, Frances Dee and Jean Parker.
The screenplay, by Sarah Y. Mason and Victor Heerman, is based on the 1868-69 two-volume novel of the same name, by Louisa May Alcott.
This is the third screen adaptation of the book. It follows two silent versions, the first released in 1917 with Minna Grey and the second in 1918 with Dorothy Bernard.
After this 1933 sound version came the 1949 Little Women, with June Allyson, Elizabeth Taylor and Peter Lawford, the 1994 film Little Women, starring Winona Ryder, and the 2019 film Little Women featuring Saoirse Ronan.
Directed by: George Cukor.
Written by: David Hempstead.
Screenplay by: Victor Heerman and Sarah Y. Mason.
Based on: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott.
Produced by: Merian C. Cooper.
Starring: Katharine Hepburn, Joan Bennett, Paul Lukas, Frances Dee, Jean Parker, Edna May Oliver, Douglass Montgomery and Henry Stephenson.
Cinematography: Henry W. Gerrard.
Edited by: Jack Kitchin.
Music by: Max Steiner.
Production company: RKO Radio Pictures.
Distributed by: RKO Radio Pictures.
Release date: 16 November , 1933 (United States).
File Length: 115 minutes.
Country: United States.
Language: English. Budget: $424,000.
Box office: $2.1 million.
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