Marie Antoinette (1938) Review: The Good, The Bad & How to Watch

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  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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Cry, the Beloved Country (1951)
British Film, Drama

Official Selection 

Cry, the Beloved Country is a 1951 British drama film directed by Zoltán Korda and starring Sidney Poitier, Charles Carson and Canada Lee, in his last film role. The film is based on the novel of the same name written by Alan Paton. Cry, the Beloved Country was the first major film shot in South Africa, with interiors filmed in the UK at Shepperton Studios. As South Africa was under apartheid, stars Sidney Poitier and Canada Lee and producer/director Zoltan Korda informed the South African immigration authorities that Poitier and Lee were not actors but were Korda's indentured servants. After his work on the film, Lee planned to prepare a full report about life in South Africa. He was called to appear before the House Un-American Activities Committee to explain his actions but died of heart failure before he could testify.

This deliberately paced British film about Stephen Kumalo a black rural priest and James Jarvis a white landowner whose paths cross in 1940s South Africa remains one of the most powerful cinematic statements on racism. More on Wikipedia or Mubi

Cannes Film Festival, 1952- Official Selection
Berlin International Film Festival, 1952–2 wins including: Bronze Bear 
BAFTA Awards, 1953- Winner: UN Award, Nominee: Best British Film, Best Film from any Source

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