Madame Curie

At times, this M Leroy directed film gets a little heavy handed as this is one of the rare times that Leroy, often an erratic director for hire, did an entire film himself & got credit for it. Overall though,... Full review

Faithful rendition of the tale involving physicists Marie and Pierre Curie.Fresh out of their "Mrs. Miniver" roles, Walter Pidgeon and Greer Garson again etched unforgettable characters. Pidgeon here is even better here then as Clem Miniver. In this film, he... Full review

For their third MGM collaboration, Walter Pidgeon and Greer Garson were cast as Pierre and Marie Curie in this epic biographical drama about the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in science. The Curies contribution to science was a... Full review

Hollywood did a lot of biography pictures in the 1940s. Most of them were awfully good, though a little bit too idealized. Almost all were pretty entertaining. Among them, there are some standouts, such as Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet and... Full review

This picture illustrates everything wonderful about the confidence, expertise and narrative power of Hollywood films near the end of the classic period: it is entertaining, intelligent and carefully made in every department. A smooth celebration of scientific theory and of... Full review

Here we have Greer Garson in the kind of role that would later inspire that wonderful sequence from 'Ziegfeld Follies' (the 'Madame Crematon' impersonation by Judy Garland, a rip-off of Greer in her great lady roles). But, surprisingly or not,... Full review

Following their success as a romantic pairing in "Mrs. Miniver", the wartime morale-booster, Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon were twice more placed in romantic vehicles by MGM, this being the more successful of the two. In the late nineteenth century,... Full review

"Madame Curie" is the beautiful and intriguing biography of the scientist who discovered radium. The direction was brilliant; the plot unfolded in such a way that there was never a dull moment. There was a nice balance between Curie's personal... Full review

The movie depicts very realistically and very endearingly, the dedication of Pierre and Marie Curie in search of the new element radium. Flawless acting from Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon. Takes you back in time to the turn of the... Full review

M-G-M Studios bought the rights to film "Madame Curie" with Greta Garbo in mind, but Garbo left the studio in 1941 and the world was plunged into the grips of World War II. The studio now worried that wartime audiences... Full review

it is one of the highlights of the film.....There are a few slow patches of dialogue....it is a pretty good motion picture and one of the better biopics I've seen..... ... Full Review

The interaction between Pidgeon and Garson, who teamed up the year before in Mrs. Miniver , is the highlight of the film.....It's a little odd that the film barely acknowledges the fact....But the film is surprisingly watchable, given its iffy subject matter.....he has a great scene when he's working up the nerve to ask the young Marie to stay in Paris....There's one remarkable scene where she's just learned of a tragedy.... ... Full Review

Good movies are forever.....For a Pete Smith film, it is unusually serious....it is, with grand party scenes, classroom scenes, country scenes, and auditorium scenes..... ... Full Review

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Wednesday that next year's field of best-picture Oscar nominees will double to 10 finalists. Begging the question: Are there really five more movies in any year deserving the posterity of an... ... Full Article

A catchy quote from a movie, TV show or other source to brighten the beginning of your week. Feel free to share your guess or complementary quote in the comments. ... Full Article

Young Marie Sklodowska (Greer Garson) of Poland is attending school to study physics and mathematics at the Sorbonne, which was not something that the women of the time were particularly allowed to do. ... Full Article

AN ANOREXIC LUCIFER, ADAM AS A CONTORTIONIST, Eve with a mastectomy: These are some images from Italian director Romeo Castellucci 's Genesi: From the Museum of Sleep -- the first foreign entry in UCLA 's international theater festival. ... Full Article

Blakeslee, Sandra "Scientists view themselves in TV hall of mirrors." (symposium on Hollywood and science) The New York Times May 30, 1985 v134 p14(N) pB5(L) col 1 (13 col in) Chaloner, Penny. ... Full Article

Hey, I never thought the hunt for radium would make for an engrossing way to spend two hours, but Madame Curie reveals itself to be one of the most engaging biopics of its era. ... Full Article