A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 1935
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEqx-aTbwlA
This production of William Shakespeare’s most fantastical play was praised for its lavishness back in the day, as well as some of the performances, notable the film debut of Olivia de Haviland (of eventual Gone With the Wind fame) and the child actor Mickey Rooney as Puck. But Shakespeare’s tale of lovers, actors, and faeries couldn’t compete with the historical drama Mutiny on the Bounty.
