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With Leslie Howard (41) and Norma Shearer (34) as the titular characters, Romeo and Juliet begins the long Hollywood tradition of casting extremely age inappropriate actors as teenagers. An obvious cash grab after the success of 1935’s Midsummer Night’s Dream, this movie’s best quality is that it reminded our hosts how good the Baz Luhrmann version actually is.
By Suzan Eraslan and David Daw4
3030 ratings
With Leslie Howard (41) and Norma Shearer (34) as the titular characters, Romeo and Juliet begins the long Hollywood tradition of casting extremely age inappropriate actors as teenagers. An obvious cash grab after the success of 1935’s Midsummer Night’s Dream, this movie’s best quality is that it reminded our hosts how good the Baz Luhrmann version actually is.