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Vintage original 8 x 10 in. US single-weight glossy photograph from the classic 1930's version of William Shakespeare's, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, released in 1935 by Warner Bros and co-directed by William Dieterle and Max Reinhardt. The image depicts an exterior shot of Puck (Mickey Rooney) acting playful as Helena (Jean Muir) sleeps on the ground. Affixed to the verso is the original paper snipe that describes the image and also notes that this photograph was used during the film's initial Road Show engagement at a theatre in Beverly Hills, California. It is in fine+ condition as shown with some waviness around the area where the snipe is. Provenance: The Hearst Herald Examiner newspaper archive. Theseus, Duke of Athens, is going to marry Hyppolyta, Queen of the Amazons. Demetrius is engaged with Hermia, but Hermia loves Lysander. Helena loves Demetrius. Oberon and Titania, of the kingdom of fairies, have a slight quarrel about whether or not the boy Titania is raising will join Titania's band or Oberon's, so Oberon tries to get him from her by using some magic. But they're not alone in that forest, as Lysander and Hermia have a rendezvous, and Helena and Demetrius are there, too, as well as some actors who are practicing a play for the ongoing wedding of Theseus and Hippolyta. Due to some misunderstandings by Puck, the whole thing becomes a little bit confused.