Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (1954) part 3 of 13

the Capulet's Ball, Act I, scene v, starts around line 50.

link below to playlist of all 13 parts of this "Romeo and Juliet":
http://youtube.com/view_play_list?p=2E21C243AAAF54C5

very fine of Shakespeare to have the first talking and touching of Romeo and Juliet in a formal setting with maskes and dance. So easy for it to have been maudlin with the cheapest outporing of young love---but here made into almost a ceremony, like a wedding with it's focused ritual of love promising so much later.

Sebastian Cabot ... Capulet
Lydia Sherwood ... Lady Capulet
Laurence Harvey ... Romeo
Susan Shentall ... Juliet

Art direction - Lady Capulet's look is derived from the image of Empress Helena in Piero's fresco of the Hly Rood in Arezzo. A close shot of Juliet at the ball is a copy of Veneziano's "Portrait of a Young Lady", and the five boys singing at the Capulet's ball is a copy of the grouping from Lucca della Robbia' gallery at the Cathedral of Florence. (see Meredith Lillich's article on this in "Films in Review", June-July 1956)


Not the best "Romeo and Juliet" on screen, but then none of them out there really....

The leads are played by youngsters in hope of sacrificing some poetic ability for authenticity, but it doesn't really work out.

The text is heavily cut and rearranged without much regard to meter or poetic flow.

Best part of the film are the sets, locations, art direction and costumes; with fine photography by the great Robert Krasker....Directed by Renato Castellani

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[flakfanatic]

The 1968 movie is 10 times better, but thanks for adding this.

[TragicFate1]

They didn't kiss. :( DRAT!

[TiocfaidhArIa]

Problem with this version is that R & J actors are waaay too old for their roles.

[DetestMainstream]

Thats okay juliet just miss out your most important line. Its fine. Just do your own thing.

[8964373]

This is a good version, only if the acting was lifted up a notch, but you can't blame them, it was the fifties after all.

[ThexOnesx]

@kcaj123456 yeah Romeo is 17 or 18,Juliet is 13

[chanchan1006]

they dance like stick puppets

[realisticsugar]

Laurence Harvey was about 26 years old here...

[candy4725331]

Romeo looks like he's in his 40's 0.0

[hansecuador]

"young Romeo is here"

HE IS NOT YOUNG.

[akinoi03]

what is the title of soundtrack?

[andreaSanchez1231]

I hate it how they have to ryhme every word or make a poem they speak :S