| Madame Curie | |
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| Directed by | Mervyn LeRoy |
| Produced by | Sidney Franklin |
| Written by | Aldous Huxley (uncredited) Paul Osborn |
| Starring | Greer Garson Walter Pidgeon Henry Travers |
| Music by | Herbert Stothart |
| Cinematography | Joseph Ruttenberg |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date(s) | 15 December 1943 (Los Angeles premiere) |
| Running time | 124 min. Mervyn LeRoy ( October 15, 1900 - September 13, 1987) was an Academy Award -winning American Film director Sidney Franklin may refer to Sidney Franklin (bullfighter (1903-1976 American bullfighter Sidney Franklin (director (1893-1972 Aldous Leonard Huxley (26 July 1894 &ndash 22 November 1963 was an English writer and one of the most prominent members of the famous Huxley family. Paul Osborn ( September 4, 1901 - May 12, 1988) was a Playwright and Screenwriter most well known for writing the screen Eileen Evelyn Greer Garson, CBE ( September 29, 1904 - April 6, 1996) was an English-American actress who was Walter Davis Pidgeon ( September 23, 1897 - September 25, 1984) was an American Actor of Canadian birth who lived Henry Travers ( March 5, 1874 &ndash October 18, 1965) was an English Actor. Herbert Stothart ( September 11 1885 – February 1 1949) was a Song writer, Arranger, and Composer. Joseph Ruttenberg, ASC ( July 4, 1889 - May 1, 1983) was a Photojournalist and Academy Award -winning Cinematographer Events 533 - Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, at the Battle of Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. |
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Madame Curie is a 1943 biographical film made by MGM. The year 1943 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films (U A biographical motion picture &mdash often shortened to biopic &mdash is a film that dramatizes the life of an actual person or people It was directed by Mervyn LeRoy and produced by Sidney Franklin from a screenplay by Paul Osborn, Paul H. Mervyn LeRoy ( October 15, 1900 - September 13, 1987) was an Academy Award -winning American Film director Sidney Franklin ( 21 March 1893, San Francisco - 18 May 1972, Santa Monica) was an Academy Award -winning Paul Osborn ( September 4, 1901 - May 12, 1988) was a Playwright and Screenwriter most well known for writing the screen Rameau and Aldous Huxley (uncredited), adapted from the biography by Eve Curie. Aldous Leonard Huxley (26 July 1894 &ndash 22 November 1963 was an English writer and one of the most prominent members of the famous Huxley family. Ève Denise Curie Labouisse ( 6 December 1904 &ndash 22 October 2007) was a French - American Author and
It stars Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Henry Travers, Albert Bassermann, C. Aubrey Smith, Dame May Whitty, Reginald Owen, Van Johnson, and Margaret O'Brien and featuring narration read by James Hilton. Eileen Evelyn Greer Garson, CBE ( September 29, 1904 - April 6, 1996) was an English-American actress who was Walter Davis Pidgeon ( September 23, 1897 - September 25, 1984) was an American Actor of Canadian birth who lived Henry Travers ( March 5, 1874 &ndash October 18, 1965) was an English Actor. Albert Bassermann (born September 7, 1867, Mannheim, Germany; died May 15, 1952, Zurich, Switzerland Dame May Whitty, DBE ( 19 June 1865 &ndash 29 May 1948) born Mary Louise Whitty, was an Oscar -nominated Reginald Owen, or John Reginald Owen, ( August 5, 1887 &ndash November 5, 1972) was an English Character actor Charles "Van" Johnson (born August 25, 1916) is an American film and television actor and dancer Margaret O'Brien (born January 15, 1937 in San Diego California) is an Academy Award -winning American Film actress James Hilton ( September 9, 1900 &ndash December 20, 1954) was an Oscar -winning English Novelist, and author The film tells the story of Polish-French physicist Marie Curie. Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics.
It was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Walter Pidgeon), Best Actress in a Leading Role (Greer Garson), Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White, Best Cinematography, Black-and-White, Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture, Best Picture and Best Sound, Recording. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to recognize Walter Davis Pidgeon ( September 23, 1897 - September 25, 1984) was an American Actor of Canadian birth who lived Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to Eileen Evelyn Greer Garson, CBE ( September 29, 1904 - April 6, 1996) was an English-American actress who was The Academy Awards are the oldest awards ceremony for achievements in motion pictures. The Academy Award for Best Cinematography is an Academy Award awarded each year to a Cinematographer for work in one particular Motion picture. The Academy Award for Original Music Score is presented to the best substantial body of music in the form of dramatic underscoring written specifically The Academy Award for Best Motion Picture is one of the Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to artists working The Academy Award for Sound Mixing is an Academy Award that recognizes the finest or most euphonic Sound mixing or recording
Garson and Pidgeon had starred together in the previous year's Best Picture Mrs. Miniver. The Academy Award for Best Motion Picture is one of the Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to artists working Mrs Miniver is a 1942 Drama film directed by William Wyler and starring Greer Garson in the title role
Summary
Marie Sklodowska (Greer Garson) is a poor, idealistic student living in Paris and studying at the Sorbonne. Eileen Evelyn Greer Garson, CBE ( September 29, 1904 - April 6, 1996) was an English-American actress who was She neglects her health and one day faints during class. Her tutor, Prof. Perot (Albert Bassermann) is sympathetic and, finding that she has no friends or family in Paris, invites her to a soirée his wife is throwing for a "few friends". Albert Bassermann (born September 7, 1867, Mannheim, Germany; died May 15, 1952, Zurich, Switzerland Among the many guests is physicist Pierre Curie (Walter Pidgeon), an extremely shy and absentminded man completely devoted to his work. Walter Davis Pidgeon ( September 23, 1897 - September 25, 1984) was an American Actor of Canadian birth who lived He allows Marie to share his lab and finds that she is a gifted scientist. Appalled that she plans on returning to Poland to teach after graduation, rather than devoting her life to further study, he takes her to visit his family in their country home. Marie and Pierre both tend to concentrate on science to the extent that they don't realize until the last minute they have fallen in love. Even when Pierre asks Marie to be his wife, he does so in terms of reason, logic and chemistry.
Fascinated by a demonstration she saw as an undergraduate, of a pitchblende rock that seems to generate enough energy to take small photographs, Marie decides to make the rock's energy that the subject of her doctoral study. The measurements she takes don't seem to add up, and she decides there must be a third radioactive element in the rock in addition to the two she knows are in there. (In the midst of discussing this, she discloses offhandedly to Pierre's family that she's pregnant. )
The physics department at the Sorbonne refuses to fund their research without more proof of the element's existence, but allows them to use a dilapidated old shed across the courtyard from the physics building. In spite of its disadvantages, they import eight tons of pitchblende ore and cook it down to look for the element they call radium. In spite of inability to separate out pure radium, they know something is definitely there, as Marie's hands are being burned. They hit on a tedious method of crystallization to arrive at pure radium. Crystallization is the (natural or artificial process of formation of solid Crystals precipitating from a homogeneous --> identical Solution
Now world-famous, they go on vacation to rest after all the press conferences and the Nobel Prize. They're granted a new laboratory by the university; before its dedication Marie shows off her new dress, inspiring Pierre to go get her a set of earrings to go with it. Walking home in the rain, he absentmindedly crosses the street in front of a delivery wagon and is run down and killed. Marie almost loses her mind, but after the concerned Prof. Perot counsels her, she rallies when she remembers Pierre's words that if one of them should die, the other must go on just the same. The film concludes with a speech she gives at the 25th anniversary celebration of the discovery of radium, expressing her belief that science is the path to a better world.
Trivia
The film is heavily fictionalized for dramatic purposes and completely omits any mention of Marie's family in Paris, including her sister Bronislawa, an obstetrician, with whom she was very close. Obstetrics (from the Latin obstare, "to stand by" is the surgical speciality dealing with the care of a woman and her offspring during Pregnancy There is also virtually no mention of Marie's intense devotion to politics and the liberation / independence of her native Poland. Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland
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