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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La Virgen gitana (1951)
Spanish film, Comedy

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La Virgen gitana is a 1951 Spanish comedy film directed by Ramón Torrado. It was entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival.

Carmen (Paquita Rico) is a gypsy orphan girl. One day she meets painter Eduardo Miranda (Alfredo Mayo), who asks her to pose for him for a picture of Debla, the gypsy virgin. She falls in love with the painter, not knowing he is married. But soon people begin to talk. More on Wikipedia

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