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
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Rating: - Very good CD.
As an early effort in order to present Marie Curie's life, this film is good but really the image of this woman of science is not as we see on the film. Marie Curie was so poor and refused to talk with so many people. I think the performance for them, Pierre and Marie Curie are little exagerated by the actors but anyway... ... Read More
Rating: - Inspirational!
I remember seeing this movie when it first came out in the theatre. The actors portrayed the determination needed to succeed with such feeling that I shall never forget it's impact on me.
Rating: - Madame Curie
I had seen this movie a long time ago and had forgotten how good it was. I enjoy watching Greer Garson with Walter Pidgeon they always act so great together.
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