|
Madame Curie |  | Directors: Jacques Tourneur, Mervyn LeRoy
Actors: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Henry Travers, Albert Bassermann, Robert Walker
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $19.97
Buy New: $9.24
as of 11/24/2009 01:37 CST details
You Save: $10.73 (54%)
New (39) Used (8) from $9.24
Seller: just-4-josh
Rating:  23 reviews
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD, Subtitled, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 124 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: D79525D
UPC: 012569795259
EAN: 0012569795259
Theatrical Release Date: February 1944
Release Date: January 30, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
| |
| Features:
| • | Perennial co-stars Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon followed their triumph in the Oscar-winning Mrs. Miniver, with this memorable biographicalic. Garson portrays the young Polish physics student Marie, who soon falls in love with and marries Dr. Pierre Curie (Walter Pidgeon), in whose lab she had worked. On their honeymoon they decide to investigate a strange effect Professor Becquerel (Reginald Ow |
|
| Similar Items:
| |
| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
Perennial co-stars Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon followed their triumph in the Oscar-winning Mrs. Miniver with this memorable biographical classic. Garson portrays the young Polish physics student Marie who soon falls in love with and marries Dr. Pierre Curie (Walter Pidgeon) in whose lab she had worked. On their honeymoon they decide to investigate a strange effect Professor Becquerel (Reginald Owen) has noticed with the uranium/thorium stones for Marie's dissertation and they determine there must be additional radioactive elements causing it. After years of experimentation in a makeshift lab at the University they are finally able to isolate a few grains of a new element radium from 7 tons of raw material. Unfortunately at the height of their success tragedy strikes. The grand success of Madame Curie continued Garson's winning streak as one of the biggest box-office stars of the decade.Running Time: 124 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA UPC: 012569795259 Manufacturer No: 79525
Amazon.com
Based on the book by Ève Curie, Madame Curie is a tender tribute to the two-time Nobel Prize winner (and first female recipient). Narrated by screenwriter James Hilton (Mrs. Miniver), the biopic begins in the 1890s while Marie Sklodowska (Oscar winner Greer Garson, Mrs. Miniver) is enrolled at the Sorbonne. She's a poor Polish exchange student with a passion for physics and chemistry. When he finds out about her precarious financial situation, a professor recommends her for a position with the "nervous and impatient" Dr. Pierre Curie (Walter Pidgeon, Garson's Miniver co-star) and his assistant David (Robert Walker, Strangers on a Train). Curie believes that "women and science are incompatible." Marie, who will graduate at the top of her class, quickly proves him wrong. Just as quickly, he falls in love with her and introduces her to his parents (Henry Travers and Dame May Whitty). An engagement leads to a wedding, which leads to a partnership, which leads to the discovery of radium. Tragedy will eventually divide the couple, but Marie refuses to let their work die. Directed by Mervyn LeRoy (Little Women), Madame Curie may be heavier on the romance than the science, but charm is in abundant supply. With her regal bearing and breathy British accent, Garson isn't the most obvious choice for the famed physicist, but she effectively conveys the "stubborn, eager" woman's fervor for her field—-and for her husband. Margaret O'Brien (Meet Me in St. Louis) co-stars as future Nobel laureate Irene Curie. -- Kathleen C. Fennessy
|
| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 23
 Garson is wonderful! October 27, 2009
Margaret S. Moga (Terre Haute, IN USA)
This film is loosely based on Curie's life. I would have preferred if it had shown just a little bit that Marie Curie was human as well as talented! But it is still a movie that deserves to be seen. It's always a pleasure to see that wonderful team Garson and Pidgeon together!
 Greer Garson is always so Inspiring! October 21, 2009
Gizmo Gal (Texas)
I have three must have/see Greer Garson films and they are Madame Curie, Mrs. Miniver & Random Harvest! The first two movies paired her with Walter Pidgeon and their on screen chemistry was so good that people thought they were really married! This is a Classic in every since but as a film to inspire little girls in to science it is unbeatable! Just like the real life Amelia Earhart story it shows what a real person who loves to learn and seek understanding can accomplish! Great film! Great romance! Madame Curie
Sweet story and strong message August 12, 2009
lew (Connecticut, USA)
Sweet movie, sweet story. Unfortunately, almost everything shown in the movie has very little common with the reality, what can be easy seen by confronting the book by Eve Curie (that the move is "based on"). However, this doesn't matter too much: the "backbone" is correct, and the message is strong: If you want to achieve something, you need talent, passion and a lot of hard work. A lot of hard work. What is hard to accept by iPod generation.
Love radium style May 4, 2009
Westley (Stuck in my head)
Greer Garson stars as Madame Marie Curie, the famous Polish scientist who discovered radium and won two Nobel Prizes. The story details her struggle to obtain degree at the Sorbonne when it was uncommon for women to pursue higher education, especially in science. However, her extraordinary intellect and hard work slowly wins over her professors. One of them, Professor Perot (Albert Bassermann), finds room for her in the lab of Pierre Curie (Walter Pidgeon), a shy physics professor who doesn't approve of women being scientists. He worries that Marie will be too talkative and disrupt his work. Of course, the two end up falling in love and becoming life-long collaborators. When Marie discovers radium, they have to put in years of back-breaking work to isolate the element. Marie even ends up with radiation burns on her hands, although no one even know what radiation was at the time. The movie climaxes with their scientific breakthroughs, although tragedy mars their happiness.
"Madame Curie" was the third pairing of Garson and Pidgeon, following "Blossoms in the Dust" (1941) and "Mrs. Miniver" (1942), both of which are superior to this film. As with "Mrs. Miniver," Garson and Pidgeon were Oscar nominated for their leading roles here. The pair has great chemistry (bad pun!) as always. The film is well-made and moves along at a nice pace; however, it's the kind of extremely glossy affair you'd expect from a 1940s MGM movie. Much of Marie Curie's life is ignored, particularly her political activities. As long as you aren't expecting accuracy here, you'll probably enjoy "Madame Curie," which focuses on (and probably exaggerates) the romance between Marie and her husband.
great movie April 15, 2009
Agnieszka Malinska (Putnam Valley, NY)
I have purchased this movie to watch with my daughter as a part of her school project on biography of Marie Sklodowska Curie. I loved this movie!
Showing reviews 1-5 of 23
|
|
|
CERTAIN CONTENT THAT APPEARS ON THIS SITE COMES FROM AMAZON SERVICES LLC. THIS CONTENT IS PROVIDED ‘AS IS’ AND IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE OR REMOVAL AT ANY TIME. Thanks for shopping with us! | |
