Marie Antoinette (1938 film)
1938 film by W. S. Van Dyke / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Marie Antoinette is a 1938 American historical drama film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.[3][4] It was directed by W. S. Van Dyke and starred Norma Shearer as Marie Antoinette. Based upon the 1932 biography of the ill-fated Queen of France by the Austrian writer Stefan Zweig, it had its Los Angeles premiere at the legendary Carthay Circle Theatre, where the landscaping was specially decorated for the event.
Marie Antoinette | |
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Directed by | W. S. Van Dyke |
Screenplay by | Donald Ogden Stewart Ernest Vajda Claudine West F. Scott Fitzgerald (uncredited) Talbot Jennings (uncredited dialogue) |
Based on | Marie Antoinette: The Portrait of an Average Woman 1932 biography by Stefan Zweig |
Produced by | Hunt Stromberg |
Starring | Norma Shearer Tyrone Power John Barrymore Robert Morley Anita Louise Joseph Schildkraut Gladys George Henry Stephenson |
Cinematography | William H. Daniels |
Edited by | Robert Kern |
Music by | Herbert Stothart |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Loew's, Inc. |
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Running time | 150 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $2,926,000[1][2] |
Box office | $2,956,000 (worldwide rentals)[1][2] |
The film was the last project of Irving Thalberg who died in 1936 while it was in the planning stage. His widow, Norma Shearer, remained committed to the project even while her enthusiasm for her film career in general was waning following his death.
With a budget over two million dollars, it was one of the more expensive films of the 1930s, but also one of the bigger successes.