Romeo and Juliet

“The classic love story by William Shakespeare.”

Why two noble families hate each other is never settled, only that the feud is older than anyone now living and has already put swords in the hands of men like Tybalt (Basil Rathbone) and Mercutio (John Barrymore). Into that quarrel comes Romeo (Leslie Howard), who falls for Juliet (Norma Shearer) the moment he meets her. George Cukor's 1936 film takes Shakespeare's play as its source, and the story it tells is of love ruined by an inherited grudge.