As You Like It

As You Like It is noteworthy for two reasons: it was the first feature-length British sound Shakespeare film - though it came after Hollywood adaptations of The Taming of the Shrew (1929), A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935) and Romeo and Juliet (1936) - and it contains the earliest of Laurence Olivier's Shakespeare performances to be recorded for posterity.

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