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Madame Bovary (1949)

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Release Date: Aug 25, 1949 Wide

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MGM circumvented the censorship that would otherwise have prevented a film version of Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary by adding a prologue and epilogue that assured any and all bluenoses that the story was strictly a work of fiction. James Mason appears as Flaubert, defending his inflammatory novel before a French jury. Thus, the tragedy of Emma Bovary (Jennifer Jones) is offered as a product of Flaubert's imagination, rather than a real-life story. The body of the film concerns Emma's attempt

Unrated, 1 hr. 55 min.

Drama, Romance, Classics

Directed By: Vincente Minnelli

Written By: Gustave Flaubert, Robert Ardrey

In Theaters: Aug 25, 1949 Wide

On DVD: Mar 6, 2007

Cast

Jennifer Jones
Emma Bovary
James Mason
Gustave Flaubert
Van Heflin
Charles Bovary
Louis Jourdan
Rodolphe Boulanger
Christopher [Alf] Kent
Leon Dupuis [Kjellin]
Gene Lockhart
J. Homais
Frank Allenby
Lhereux
Gladys Cooper
Mme. Dupuis
John Abbott
Mayor Tuvache
Henry Morgan
Hyppolite
George Zucco
Dubocage
Ellen Corby
Felicite
Eduard Franz
Roualt
Henri Letondal
Guillaumin
Esther Somers
Mme. Lefrancois
Frederic Tozere
Pinard
Paul Cavanagh
Marquis D'Andervilliers
Larry Simms
Justin
Vernon Steele
Priest
Richard Alexander
Florence Auer
Mme. Petree
Paul Bryar
Bailiff
Edith Evanson
Mother Superior
Stuart Holmes
Teddy Infur
Boy
Karl Johnson
Drunken Guest
Edward Keane
Presiding Judge
Victor Kilian
Mons. Canivet
Eula Morgan
Constance Purdy
Mme. Foulard
Helen St. Rayner
Opera Singer
John Ardizoni
Lagandy
Lon Poff
David Cavendish
Man
Andre Charisse
Young Man
Fred Cordova
Guest
Anne Kunde
Bert LeBaron
Young Man
Mayo Newhall
Manuel Paris
Servant
Jack Stoney
Sailor Vincent
Charles De Ravenne
Pimply-faced Youth
Ed Agresti
Charles Bancroft
Gracille LaVinder
Woman
Angi O. Poulos
Porter
Phil Schumacher
George Davis
Innkeeper
Alf Kjellin

Critic Reviews for Madame Bovary

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Grim melodrama, about the horrors of debt and living beyond your means.

August 8, 2008 Full Review Source: Classic Film and Television

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Michael E. Grost

Classic Film and Television

One of Minnelli's most personal works, a film that embodies the glossy look of MGM and yet offers subversive interpretation of the classic novel, its modern heroine and the notion of romantic love.

July 2, 2007 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

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A very interesting story, it makes me want to read the book too. The actors are great in this movie as well. I liked it.

September 5, 2010

AJ Verser

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High gloss MGM version of Flaubert tradegy. Not bad but not terribly compelling either. The ball is without a doubt the best scene, if only the rest was as captivating.

August 27, 2009

jay nixon

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