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Marie Antoinette (1938)

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Release Date: Aug 26, 1938 Limited

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M.G.M.'s opulent costume drama Marie Antoinette marked a return to the screen after a two-year absence for reigning Queen of M.G.M. Norma Shearer. Shearer plays the title role of an Austrian princess who is married off to Louis Auguste (Robert Morley), the Dauphin of France. Marie, by becoming the Dauphine, finds herself plopped smack in the middle of French palace intrigue between Louis's father King Louis XV (John Barrymore) and his scheming cousin, the Duke of Orleans (Joseph Schildkraut).

Unrated, 2 hr. 40 min.

Drama, Romance, Classics

Directed By: W.S. Van Dyke , Van Dyke

Written By: Claudine West, Donald Ogden Stewart, Ernest Vajda, F. Scott Fitzgerald

In Theaters: Aug 26, 1938 Limited

On DVD: Oct 10, 2006

MGM

Cast

Norma Shearer
Marie Antoinette
Tyrone Power
Count Axel de Fersen
John Barrymore
Louis XV
Robert Morley
Louis XVI
Anita Louise
Princess DeLamballe
Gladys George
Mme. DuBarry
Joseph Schildkraut
Duke of Orleans
Henry Stephenson
Count Mercey
Cora Witherspoon
Mme. DeNoailles
Barnett Parker
Prince DeRohan
Henry Daniell
La Motte
Leonard Penn
Toulan
Alma Kruger
Empress Maria Theresa
Joseph Calleia
Drouet
George Meeker
Robespierre
Scotty Beckett
Dauphin
Erville Alderson
Passport Official
Richard Alexander
Man with Pike
Trevor Bardette
Robert H. Barrat
Citizen-Officer
Thomas Braidon
Lackey
Al Bridge
Official in Passport Of...
John Burton
Lafayette
Mae Busch
Mme. LaMotte
John K. Butler
Municipal
Frank Campeau
Lemonade Vendor
Lane Chandler
Revolutionary Officer
Dorothy Christy
Wade Crosby
Lanton
Cecil Cunningham
Mme. De Lerchenfeld
Denis D'Auburn
Beuregaard
Guy D'Ennery
Minister at King's Coun...
Harry Davenport
Monsieur de Cosse
Nigel De Brulier
Archbishop
Albert Dekker
Count de Provence
Frank Elliott
King's Chamberlain
Billy Engle
Man with Goblet
Barry Fitzgerald
Peddler
Reginald Gardiner
Comte D'Artois
Lawrence Grant
Old Nobleman
Ben Hall
Young Man with Lantern
Ben Hendricks Jr.
Holmes Herbert
Herald
Ramsay Hill
Major Domo
George Houston
Marquis De St. Priest
Esther Howard
Streetwalker
Mary Howard
Olivia
Hugh Huntley
Man in Opera Hall
Ruth Hussey
Mme. Le Polignac
Olaf Hytten
Boehmer the Jeweler
Frank Jaquet
Keeper of the Seal
Edward Keane
General
Victor Kilian
Guard in Louis' Cell
Claude King
Choisell
George Kirby
Priest
Marilyn Knowlden
Princess Theresa
Henry Kolker
Court Aide
Howard Lang
Franz
Duke R. Lee
Coach Driver
Jacques Lory
French Peasant
Horace McMahon
Rabblerouser
Frank McGlynn Jr.
Soldier with Rude Laugh
Helene Millard
Bea Nigro
Woman at the Opera
Moroni Olsen
Bearded Man
Rafaela Ottiano
Louise Marie's Maid
Inez Palange
Fish Wife
Guy Bates Post
Convention President
Alonzo Price
Guardsman
Herbert Rawlinson
Goguelot
Buddy Roosevelt
Lionel Royce
Guillaume
Tom Rutherford
St. Clair
Kathrun Sheldon
Mme. Tilson
Ivan Simpson
Sauce
William Steele
Footman
Harry Stubbs
Councilor
Zeffie Tilbury
Dowager at Birth of Dau...
Theodore von Eltz
Officer in Entrance Hal...
Gustav von Seyffertitz
King's Confessor
Walter Walker
Benjamin Franklin
Anthony Warde
Marat
Lyons Wickland
Laclos
Ian Wolfe
Herbert the Jailer
George Zucco
Governor of Conciergeri...
Peter Bull
Gamin
Harold Entwistle
Old Aristocrat at Opera
Jack George
Orchestra Leader
Corbet Morris
La Rue
Brent Sargent
St. Pre
Frank Swales
Chimney Sweep

Critic Reviews for Marie Antoinette

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Lavish in its textures, weird in its delivery, "Marie Antoinette" is a psychedelic swirl of girliness and history.

October 29, 2006 Full Review | Comment

Linda Cook

Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

Subtleties of history and psychology are glossed over in deference to the movie's teenybopper sensibilities.

October 20, 2006 Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review

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Jim Lane

Sacramento News & Review

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Shearer stands out in this average historical movie.

September 5, 2010

AJ Verser

Super Reviewer

So I LOVE the Coppola film and had to see it for comparison. I think some of the historical parts were romanticized and especially since the '35 Hays Act. Anyway, GLORIOUS costumes, fantastic acting by Shearer and in many ways a more heart-wrenching tale than the modern one. Still, I really loved it. One of those films

January 23, 2010

Jennifer D

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