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Madame Curie (1943)

124 min  -  Biography | Drama | Romance  -   February 1944 (USA)
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Despite himself, accomplished physicist and avowed bachelor Pierre Curie falls for brilliant student Marie, and together they embark on the discovery of radium.

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Paul Osborn (screen play), Paul H. Rameau (screen play), and 3 more credits »
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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Greer Garson ...
Walter Pidgeon ...
Henry Travers Henry Travers ...
Eugene Curie
Albert Bassermann Albert Bassermann ...
Professor Jean Perot
Robert Walker ...
David Le Gros
C. Aubrey Smith ...
Lord Kelvin
Dame May Whitty Dame May Whitty ...
Madame Eugene Curie
Victor Francen Victor Francen ...
President of University
Elsa Bassermann Elsa Bassermann ...
Madame Perot
Reginald Owen Reginald Owen ...
Dr. Becquerel
Van Johnson ...
Reporter
Margaret O'Brien ...
James Hilton James Hilton ...
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Storyline

Biopic of the famed scientist and the work she did with her husband Pierre in the discovery of radium. Marie was a student at the Sorbonne studying for her Master's degree in physics when they first met. She received permission to use space in Professor Pierre Curie's laboratory. They soon fall in love and are married, working together on trying to isolate a radioactive substance Marie has identified as radium. Years of painstaking research and experimentation led to success and Marie and Pierre Curie shared the Nobel Prize in Physics. Sadly, Pierre was killed crossing the street in the rain when he was run over by a horse and wagon. Marie continued to work and make major contributions to science. Written by garykmcd  

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Plot Keywords:

Physicist | Sorbonne | Laboratory | Scientist | Raw Material  | See more »

Taglines:

MR. and MRS. MINIVER together again

Genres:

Biography | Drama | Romance

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

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Also Known As:

Curie-Sklodowska See more »

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Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1
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Trivia

In her final years at MGM, Joan Crawford was handed weak scripts in the hopes that she'd break her contract. Two films she hungered to appear in were Random Harvest and Madame Curie. Both films went to bright new star Greer Garson instead, and Crawford left the studio soon after. See more »

Goofs

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When Marie determines chemical composition of pitchblende, 7 minerals add to 99%, one mineral (magnesium oxide) is .99% and the "extraneous matter" of .001% all adds up to 99.991%. Presumably the mag-Ox should be .999%, otherwise, the actual extraneous matter would be 10 times greater (.01%) than Marie's stated measurement. See more »

Quotes

Marie Curie: To catch a star on your fingertips.
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Soundtracks

"Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star"
(uncredited)
from the French melody "Ah ! vous dirai-je, Maman" (music first published 1761)
Played on piano by Linda Lee Gates and Marie Louise Gates See more »