(1936) In this first film version of William Shakespeare's classic pastoral comedy, starring Sir Laurence Olivier as Orlando and Elisabeth Bergner as Rosalind, a duke usurps his brother's land and power, banishing him and his retinue into the forest of Arden. The banished duke's daughter, Rosalind, remains with her cousin Celia. She has fallen in love with Orlando but he has his own tyrannical brother to contend with so he joins those in the forest. Rosalind, now banished, disguises herself as a young man with Celia as her servant, and follows Orlando into the forest. There, nature stirs love's fires in various rustics as well as in those from the court. Phebe, a shepherdess loved by Sylvius, is herself smitten with the disguised Rosalind. Can true love find a way, and can brothers be reconciled and harmony restored?
