在这部罗密欧与朱丽叶剧情/爱情片中,在一场盛大的舞会上，罗密欧（莱斯利·霍华德 Leslie Howard 饰）和朱丽叶（瑙玛·希拉 Norma Shearer 饰）相遇了。然而，两人所在的家族相互有着深仇大恨，所以情投意合的两人根本就没有可能走到一起。
入夜，罗密欧潜入朱丽叶家的后花园向其倾诉爱意，心意相通的两人难舍难分，决定瞒着家族偷偷完婚。朱丽叶的表兄泰华（巴兹尔·雷斯伯恩 Basil Rathbone 饰）得知此事十分愤怒，他向罗密欧发出了决斗的挑衅。莫丘托（约翰·巴里摩尔 John Barrymore 饰）是罗密欧的挚友，为了帮助罗密欧，他企图杀死泰华却反而丢掉了性命，罗密欧在悲愤之中杀死了泰华为好友报仇并因此被驱逐出境。在神父的建议下，朱丽叶服下了使人假死的毒药，想要出逃与爱人私奔，然而罗密欧对这一切却并不知情。
The Montagues and the Capulets, two powerful families of Verona, hate each other. Romeo, son of Montague, crashes a Capulet party, and there meets Juliet, daughter of Capulet. They fall passionately in love. Since their families would disapprove, they marry in secret. Romeo gets in a fight with Tybalt, nephew of Lady Capulet, and kills him. He is banished from Verona. Capulet, not knowing that his daughter is already married, proceeds with his plans to marry Juliet to Paris, a prince. This puts Juliet in quite a spot, so she goes to the sympathetic Friar Laurence, who married her to Romeo. He suggests a daring plan to extricate her from her fix. Tragedy ensues.
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