Madame Curie

Madame Curie

 Cast: Greer Garson
Greer Garson
, Walter Pidgeon
Walter Pidgeon
, Robert Walker
Robert Walker
, Margaret O'Brien
Margaret O'Brien
, Van Johnson
Van Johnson
Madame Curie

Madame Curie

 Cast: Greer Garson
Greer Garson
, Walter Pidgeon
Walter Pidgeon
, Robert Walker
Robert Walker
, Margaret O'Brien
Margaret O'Brien
, Van Johnson
Van Johnson

DVD (Full Frame)

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Overview

Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon team for the third time in this fact-based biography directed by Mervyn Leroy, based on Eve Curie's book about her mother. In early 1900s Paris, poor Polish student Marie (Greer Garson) gets a chance to study magnetism with kindly professor Jean Perot (Albert Basserman). Perot also arranges for the shy scientist Pierre Curie (Walter Pidgeon) to share the lab with Marie. As they work together, Pierre and Marie fall in love. Pierre eventually musters up the courage to ask her to marry him, and she accepts. After their honeymoon, Marie becomes obsessed with a piece of pitchblende that has been displaying some peculiar properties. After five years of work, Marie discovers radium. But as the years go on, Marie and Pierre struggle to raise money to continue their research, hoping to one day be able to isolate radium from the pitchblende.

Product Details

Release Date: 11/06/2012
UPC: 0883316677759
Original Release: 1943
Source: Warner Archives
Region Code: A
Presentation: [Full Frame]
Sound: [monaural]
Language: English
Time: 2:04:00
Sales rank: 6,815

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Greer Garson Marie Sklodowska
Walter Pidgeon Prof. Pierre Curie
Robert Walker David LeGros
Margaret O'Brien Irene at Age Five
Van Johnson Reporter
Henry Travers Eugene Curie
Albert Basserman Jean Perot,Mme. Perot
C. Aubrey Smith Lord Kelvin
Reginald Owen Dr. Becquerel
May Whitty Mme. Eugene Curie
Victor Francen President of University
Lumsden Hare Prof. Reget
Charles Trowbridge Board Member
Edward Fielding Board Member
James Kirkwood Board Member
Nestor Eristoff Board Member
Moroni Olsen President of Businessmen's Board
Alan Napier Dr. Bladh
Almira Sessions Mme. Michaud
Dorothy Gilmore Nurse
Gigi Perreau Eva at Age 18 Months
Ruth Cherrington Swedish Queen
Wyndham Standing King Oscar
Harold de Becker Professor
Guy D'Ennery Professor
George Davis Cart Driver
William Edmunds Cart Driver
Michael Visaroff Proud Papa
George Meader Singing Professor
Franz Dorfler Assistant Seamstress
Ray Teal Driver
Noel Mills Wedding Guest
Teddy Infuhr Son
Mariska Aldrich Tall Woman
Leo Mostovoy Photographer
Dickie Myers Master Michaud
Francis Pierlot M. Michaud
Lisa Golm Lucille
Marek Windheim Jewelry Salesman
Eustace Wyatt Doctor
James Hilton Narrator,Narrator
Al Ferguson Actor
Isabelle Lamore Actor
Frederic Worlock Businessman
Tony Carson Actor
Nita Pike People at Accident
Ray Collins Lecturer
Howard Freeman Prof. Constant
Gene Lockhart Actor
Miles Mander Businessman
Arthur Shields Businessman
Herbert Stothart Composer

Technical Credits
Mervyn LeRoy Director
Paul Osborn Screenwriter
Paul H. Rameau Screenwriter
Sidney Franklin Producer
Warren Newcombe Special Effects
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