Romeo and Juliet on screen the story have also been filmed, most notably "West Side Story", Prokofiev's ballet "Romeo and Juliet" and "Romanoff and Juliet". Several theatrical films, such as "Shakespeare in Love" and "Romeo Must Die", consciously use elements of Shakespeare's plot. Producer Irving Thalberg pushed MGM for five years to make a "Romeo and Juliet", in the face of the studio's opposition: which stemmed from Louis B. Mayer's belief that the masses considered the Bard over their heads, and from the austerity forced on the studios by the depression. It was only when Jack L. Warner announced his intention to film Max Reinhardt's
Romanoff and Juliet (film) should be thanking them, as they've proven love cannot be defeated. He will go to the United Nations to report on Concordia's victory. The film was shot in Italy. Ustinov was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 11th Berlin International Film Festival and the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures. Romanoff and Juliet (film) Romanoff and Juliet is a 1961 American Technicolor romantic comedy film adaptation of the play "Romanoff and Juliet", which was itself loosely based on "Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, released by Universal Pictures. Peter Ustinov wrote the screenplay,