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| ACTORS: | Norma Shearer, Tyrone Power, John Barrymore |
| CATEGORY: | Video |
| DIRECTOR: | W.S. Van Dyke |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 26 August, 1938 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Warner Studios |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | NTSC |
| TYPE: | Feature Film-drama |
| MEDIA: | VHS Tape |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 027616182333 |
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Lush, Lavish, Extraordinary! Norma Shearer's Marie Antoinette embraces all that is spectacular, pageant, and tragic. I first saw this movie as a little girl and it inspired a lifelong interest and sympathy for the last Queen of France. Shearer and Morley not only resemble the fallen monararchs but their portrayals bring to life an uncanny accuracy to the French Revolution. Having studied the French revolution this film has captured details and characterizations of the royal family depicted in many historical document.
The history encapsuled in this epic is one of many delicacies in store for the viewer. Tyrone Power is always food for the senses. Robert Morley is outstanding. Joseph Schildkraut's Duc d'Orleans is treachery and greed at its most distastful. This should have won Oscars across the board. There is more than a revolution going on in this film and it is a must see for every, every, every fashion design student. The costume design has never been surpassed!
I saw this film as a child, never forgot it, taped it, lost it, never saw it again on television, and recently purchased it. It has its share of the melodramatic, typical of its era, but once you see it, you'll never forget it.
Norma Shearer brings her graceful elegance to to the role!
Fairly accurate Historical Drama of the life of Marie Antoinette from when she left Austria (age 15 in 1770) to marry the Dauphin of France through her demise via guillotine (1793) in the chaos of the French Revolution. The beautiful Arch Dutchess, Princess of the house of Hapsburg, daughter of Empress Marie Theresa, Queen of Austria and Hungry & Francis 1, Holy Roman Emperor, foresees a glorious future with her marriage to the dauphin of France. Marie envisions palaces, magnificent jewels, breathing taking gowns & servants. All she dreams of comes true only for it to be swept away during the Reign of Terror. Norma Shearer brings her graceful elegance to the role of the Queen in this epic production, which is as vast & luxurious as the era it portrays.
Thousands of yards of satin & lace, a then gigantic 1.8 dollar million budget plus hundreds of extras made this movie one of the most opulent epic's of the 30's & shall forever shine as one of the most glamorous ever made.
Norma Shearer's nomination for an Academy Award was well deserved but, unfortunately she was up against another actress in equally powerful role & the award went to Bette Davis in Jezebel & though I love the movie Jezebel I wished Norma Shearer had won.
Shearer's very powerful role was a great challenge which she met with great skill. Her delightful performance makes this a film to be cherished as we see her as a giddy youth while she enjoys being the dauphine, flirtatious nature with Count Fersen, loving queen to Louis XVI, anxious escapee during Flight to Varennes, horrified spouse when she learns of her husbands fate, terrified parent when her child is taken from her & dignified condemned prisoner as she rides in the cart & up the stairs to die are all moments is this wonderful movie than begin when the movie begins & wont ever end in your mind. Truly a magnificent actress in her most glorious role which she brought to life as if she herself lived the part, and who knows, perhaps she did. It's interesting to note that the leading actors/actresses within this movie bear a strong resemblance to the people they portray. In reality Fersen was fair haired, but the facial resemblance is uncanny to say the least. No doubt MGM's way of making the movie more realistic. Definitely among my 10 favorite movies of all time.
Mesmerizing
When I "accidentally" saw this film, I was mesmerized until the final scene. I became facinated by this history of the very wealthy rulers and the poor starving class, and how power was all that mattered. It sparked an interest in history in me that has not stopped to this day. Although I can see why the people could no longer take the suppression and anger, I still felt sorry for her when her children are snatched away from her at the end. I loved this movie and would watch it again and again.