Marie Antoinette (1938) Review: The Good, The Bad & How to Watch American Film, Drama, History Venice Film Festival, 1938- Winner: Best Actress Academy Awards, 1939- 4 nominations including: Best Actress in a Leading Role When Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer poured an astronomical budget into bringing the doomed French queen to the silver screen in nineteen thirty-eight, Hollywood was not merely making a movie; it was constructing an entire vanished world. Directed primarily by W. S. Van Dyke, Marie Antoinette stands today as one of the ultimate monuments to the golden age of American cinema, a sprawling historical epic that blends lavish romance with the looming terror of the French Revolution. More on Wikipedia or Mubi Cinematic Splendor and Tragedy in Hollywood's 1938 Marie Antoinette At the heart of the production is Norma Shearer, reigning royalty of the studio lot and widow of legendary producer Irving Thalberg, who had passionately championed the pr...
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A Place in the Sun (1951) American Film, Drama, Romance, Tragedy
Official Selection
A Place in the Sun is a 1951 American tragedy film based on the 1925 novel An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser and the 1926 play, also titled An American Tragedy.
The film was a critical and commercial success, winning six Academy Awards and the first-ever Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama. The film is sometimes considered one of the greatest American films ever made. In 1991, A Place in the Sun was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
In this classic version of Theodore Dreiser's novel "An American
Tragedy," George Eastman (Montgomery Clift), the nephew of a wealthy
industrialist, is excluded from high society and given a blue-collar job
at his uncle's factory. While ascending the ranks of the company,
George becomes romantically involved with co-worker Alice Tripp (Shelley
Winters). However, when he is introduced to socialite Angela Vickers
(Elizabeth Taylor), he quickly falls for her, leading to a tragic love
triangle. More on Wikipedia or Mubi
Cannes Film Festival, 1951- Official Selection Academy Awards, 1952- Winner: Best Cinematography, Black-and-White, Winner: Best Costume Design, Black-and-White, Winner: Best Film Editing, Winner: Best Director, Winner: Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture, Winner: Best Writing, Screenplay Golden Globes, 1952- Winner: Best Motion Picture - Drama National Film Preservation Board, 1991- Winner: National Film Registry One of the Greatest American films ever made Box Office Hit
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