Marie Antoinette (1938)
- Starring:
- Norma Shearer, Tyrone Power, (more)
- Director(s):
- W.S. Van Dyke
- Category:
- Romance
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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). With Louis unable to consummate his marriage to Marie, she takes to holding elaborate parties and gambling her fortune away. In a casino, she meets the handsome Count Axel de Fersen (Tyrone Power) and they have an affair. But when Louis XV dies and Louis becomes King Louis XVI, Fersen takes his leave, telling her that he could carry on an affair with a dauphine but not the Queen of France. Marie vows to be a great queen and remain loyal to her king. But the Duke of Orleans is plotting against Louis XVI, financing the revolutionary radicals. When the monarchy is overthrown, Louis and Marie are thrown into prison, awaiting execution. But when word gets back to Fersen, he travels back to France in an attempt to rescue Marie. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 157 mins
Complete Cast of Marie Antoinette
- Norma Shearer - Marie Antoinette
- John Barrymore - Louis XV
- Anita Louise - Princess DeLamballe
- Joseph Schildkraut - Duke of Orleans
- Cora Witherspoon - Mme. DeNoailles
- Henry Daniell - La Motte
- Alma Kruger - Empress Maria Theresa
- George Meeker - Robespierre
- Jacques Lory - French Peasant
- Theodore Von Eltz - Officer in Entrance Hall
- Lane Chandler - Revolutionary Officer
- Frank McGlynn, Jr. - Soldier with Rude Laugh
- Mary Howard - Olivia
- Frank Swales - Chimney Sweep
- Howard Lang - Franz
- Victor Kilian - Guard in Louis' Cell
- Guy Bates Post - Convention President
- Hugh Huntley - Man in Opera Hall
- Al Bridge - Official in Passport Office
- Cecil Cunningham - Mme. De Lerchenfeld
- Holmes Herbert - Herald
- Zeffie Tilbury - Dowager at Birth of Dauphin
- Robert H. Barrat - Citizen-Officer
- Duke Lee - Coach Driver
- Nigel de Brulier - Archbishop
- George Zucco - Governor of Conciergerie
- Harold Entwistle - Old Aristocrat at Opera
- William Steele - Footman
- Gustav von Seyffertitz - King's Confessor
- John Butler - Municipal
- Rafaela Ottiano - Louise, Marie's Maid
- Horace McMahon - Rabblerouser
- Albert Dekker - Count de Provence
- Henry Kolker - Court Aide
- Ramsay Hill - Major Domo
- Frank Elliott - King's Chamberlain
- Herbert Rawlinson - Goguelot
- Frank Campeau - Lemonade Vendor
- Guy D'Ennery - Minister at King's Council
- Inez Palange - Fish Wife
- Mae Busch - Mme. LaMotte
- Moroni Olsen - Bearded Man
- Esther Howard - Streetwalker
- Tyrone Power - Count Axel de Fersen
- Robert Morley - Louis XVI
- Gladys George - Mme. DuBarry
- Henry Stephenson - Count Mercey
- Barnett Parker - Prince DeRohan
- Leonard Penn - Toulan
- Joseph Calleia - Drouet
- Scotty Beckett - Dauphin
- Alonzo Price - Guardsman
- Ben Hall - Young Man with Lantern
- George Houston - Marquis De St. Priest
- Ruth Hussey - Mme. Le Polignac
- Claude King - Choisell
- Lionel Royce - Guillaume
- Marilyn Knowlden - Princess Theresa
- Jack George - Orchestra Leader
- Ian Wolfe - Herbert, the Jailer
- Barry Fitzgerald - Peddler
- Peter Bull - Gamin
- Thomas Braidon - Lackey
- Anthony Warde - Marat
- John Burton - Lafayette
- Lyons Wickland - Laclos
- Billy Engle - Man with Goblet
- Reginald Gardiner - Comte D'Artois
- Harry Davenport - Monsieur de Cosse
- Walter Walker - Benjamin Franklin
- George Kirby - Priest
- Harry Stubbs - Councilor
- Denis D'Auburn - Beuregaard
- Richard Alexander - Man with Pike
- Ivan Simpson - Sauce
- Kathrun Sheldon - Mme. Tilson
- Corbet Morris - La Rue
- Bea Nigro - Woman at the Opera
- Tom Rutherford - St. Clair
- Frank Jaquet - Keeper of the Seal
- Olaf Hytten - Boehmer, the Jeweler
- Brent Sargent - St. Pre
- Lawrence Grant - Old Nobleman
- Erville Alderson - Passport Official
- Wade Crosby - Lanton
- Edward Keane - General
- Director(s):
- W.S. Van Dyke
- Writer(s):
- Ernest Vajda, Donald Ogden Stewart, Claudine West
- Producer(s):
- Hunt Stromberg
- Categories:
- Romance
- 1938 - Film Daily - 10 Best Films
- 1938 - National Board of Review - Best Acting
- 1938 - Venice International Film Festival - Volpi Cup for Best Actress
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