Boxoffice (Apr-Jun 1937)

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This Award is given each month to the film receiving the highest number of votes by the members of the National Screen Council, whose selection is governed by outstanding merit and suitability of the film to whole-family entertainment. Members of the Council include over 200 motion picture editors of leading newspapers throughout the country, motion picture reviewing committee of the International Federation of Catholic Alumnae, and state motion picture chairmen of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs. "Romeo and Juliet" Wins April Blue Ribbon Award Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's lavish screen dramatization of the immortal love story, "Romeo and Juliet," has been voted by National Screen Council members as the April recipient of the BOXOFFICE Blue Ribbon Award. Norma Shearer and Leslie Howard have the stellar roles in this Shakespearean classic, the tragic love story of which is familiar to everyone. The action is woven around four adventurous days in the lives of Romeo and Juliet, from the time of their meeting, to the banishment of Romeo and the final reunion in the tomb of the two lovers. Highlights of the film include the .famous balcony scene, the ballroom and tomb scenes, and the massive square of Verona. Cast of Characters Juliet Norma Shearer Romeo Leslie Howard Mercutio John Barrymore Nurse ....Edna May Oliver Tybalt Basil Rathbone Lord Capulet.... ....C. Aubrey Smith Peter Paris Ralph Forbes Benvolio Reginald Denny Balthasar Maurice Murphy Prince of Verona.. ..Conway Tearle Friar Laurence ....Henry Kolker Lord Montague.... Robert Warwick Lady Montague Virginia Hammond Lady Capulet Violet Kemble Cooper Production Staff Director George Cukor Author William Shakespeare Screen Adaptation Talbot Jennings Musical Score Herbert Stothart Art Director Cedric Gibbons Settings by Cedric Gibbons and Oliver Messel Associate Fredric Hope Costumes by Oliver Messel and Adrian Dance Director Agnes deMille Artistic Consultant.. Oliver Messel Literary Consultant Prof. William Strunk Jr. of Cornell University Photographed by William Daniels, A.S.C. Film Editor Margaret Booth i‘