Directed by:
W. S. Van DykeComposer:
Herbert StothartCast:
Norma Shearer, Tyrone Power, John Barrymore, Robert Morley, Anita Louise, Joseph Schildkraut, Gladys George, Henry Stephenson, Cora Witherspoon (more)Plots(1)
The film chronicles the life of the 18th-century queen, following her emotional transformation from childhood as a young Austrian princess to her last days in the court of Louis XVI before the French Revolution. Led by the talents of Norma Shearer as Marie, John Barrymore as Louis XVI, and Tyrone Power as Marie's childhood friend and aspiring lover, Count Axel de Fersen, the film exposes the power plays and chicaneries of the French court, painting the Duke d'Orleans as the villainous source of Marie's public relations tragedy. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Norma Shearer
Canada
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Tyrone Power
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John Barrymore
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Robert Morley
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Anita Louise
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Joseph Schildkraut
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Gladys George
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Henry Stephenson
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Cora Witherspoon
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Barnett Parker
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George Meeker
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