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Ève Curie (book)
Paul Osborn (writer)
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Release Date:
February 1944 (USA) more
Tagline:
MR. and MRS. MINIVER together again
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Despite himself, accomplished physicist and avowed bachelor Pierre Curie falls for brilliant student Marie, and together they embark on the discovery of radium. full summary | add synopsis
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Nominated for 7 Oscars. more
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Garson and Pidgeon discover radium...tasteful biography... more (15 total)
Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Greer Garson | ... | Marie Curie |
 | Walter Pidgeon | ... | Pierre Curie |
| Henry Travers | ... | Eugene Curie |
| Albert Bassermann | ... | Prof. Jean Perot |
| Robert Walker | ... | David Le Gros |
| C. Aubrey Smith | ... | Lord Kelvin |
| Dame May Whitty | ... | Madame Eugene Curie |
| Victor Francen | ... | President of University |
| Elsa Basserman | ... | Madame Perot |
| Reginald Owen | ... | Dr. Becquerel |
 | Van Johnson | ... | Reporter |
| Margaret O'Brien | ... | Irene Curie (at age 5) |
| James Hilton | ... | Narrator (voice) |
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124 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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Australia:PG | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | USA:Approved (PCA #9500)
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In her final years at MGM, Joan Crawford was handed weak scripts in the hopes that she'd break her contract. Two films she hungered to appear in were Random Harvest (1942) and Madame Curie (1943). Both films went to bright new star Greer Garson instead, and Crawford left the studio soon after. more
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Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When Marie determines chemical composition of pitchblende, 7 minerals add to 99%, one mineral (magnesium oxide) is .99% and the "extraneous matter" of .001% all adds up to 99.991%. Presumably the mag-Ox should be .999%, otherwise, the actual extraneous matter would be 10 times greater (.01%) than Marie's stated measurement. more
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Featured in AFI's 100 Years... 100 Cheers (2006) (TV) more
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Here we have Greer Garson in the kind of role that would later inspire that wonderful sequence from 'Ziegfeld Follies' (the 'Madame Crematon' impersonation by Judy Garland, a rip-off of Greer in her great lady roles). But, surprisingly or not, Garson and Pidgeon are teamed in a very eloquent and moving biography, one of the more tasteful and dignified bios of the 1940s considering it deals with subject matter not conducive to popular taste.
Their long work in the laboratories finally leads to the discovery of radium--and this is the fascinating story of how they met and married and indulged in their lifelong pursuit of discovery. A young and rather miscast Robert Walker plays a fellow lab worker. Van Johnson has a few brief moments toward the end, as does Margaret O'Brien. But the focus is on Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon and they both deliver Oscar nominated performances.
This is one of the better screen biographies and one that has been sorely neglected over the years. Watch for my career article on GREER GARSON to appear in an upcoming issue of FILMS OF THE GOLDEN AGE.