Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet

1936 · 2 hr 5 min · Approved

Drama, Romance

Directors

George Cukor

Actors

  • Norma Shearer
  • Leslie Howard
  • John Barrymore

Credits: 4

Summary

Young love is poisoned by a generations long feud between two noble families.

More about this movie

The Montagues and the Capulets, two powerful families of Verona, hate each other. Romeo, son of Montague, crashes a Capulet party, and there meets Juliet, daughter of Capulet. They fall passionately in love. Since their families would disapprove, they marry in secret. Romeo gets in a fight with Tybalt, nephew of Lady Capulet, and kills him. He is banished from Verona. Capulet, not knowing that his daughter is already married, proceeds with his plans to marry Juliet to Paris, a prince. This puts Juliet in quite a spot, so she goes to the sympathetic Friar Laurence, who married her to Romeo. He suggests a daring plan to extricate her from her fix. Tragedy ensues.