Madame Curie (1943)

Director:

Mervyn LeRoy

Writers:

Ève Curie (book)
Paul Osborn (writer)
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Release Date:

February 1944 (USA)

Genre:

Biography | Drama

Tagline:

MR. and MRS. MINIVER together again

Plot:

Despite himself, accomplished physicist and avowed bachelor Pierre Curie falls for brilliant student Marie, and together they embark on the discovery of radium.

Plot Keywords:

Raw Material | Beautiful Woman | Marie Curie | Based On Book | Character Name In Title

Awards:

Nominated for 7 Oscars.

Cast

Greer Garson	...	Marie Curie
Walter Pidgeon	...	Pierre Curie
Henry Travers	...	Eugene Curie
Albert Bassermann	...	Prof. Jean Perot
Robert Walker	...	David Le Gros
C. Aubrey Smith	...	Lord Kelvin
Dame May Whitty	...	Madame Eugene Curie
Victor Francen	...	President of University
Elsa Basserman	...	Madame Perot
Reginald Owen	...	Dr. Becquerel
Van Johnson	...	Reporter
Margaret O'Brien	...	Irene Curie (at age 5)
James Hilton	...	Narrator (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mariska Aldrich	...	Tall woman (uncredited)
Tony Carson	...	Man at accident (uncredited)
Ruth Cherrington	...	Swedish queen (uncredited)
Ray Collins	...	Lecturer (voice) (uncredited)
George Davis	...	Cart driver (uncredited)
Harold De Becker	...	Professor (uncredited)
Guy D'Ennery	...	Professor (uncredited)
Franz Dorfler	...	Assistant tailor (uncredited)
Justine Duney	...	Woman at accident (uncredited)
Tay Dunn	...	Man at accident (uncredited)
William Edmunds	...	Cart driver (uncredited)
Nestor Eristoff	...	Board member (uncredited)
Al Ferguson	...	Man at accident (uncredited)
Edward Fielding	...	Board member (uncredited)
Howard Freeman	...	Prof. Constant (voice) (uncredited)
Linda Lee Gates	...	Perot granddaughter (uncredited)
Marie Louise Gates	...	Perot granddaughter (uncredited)
Lisa Golm	...	Lucille (uncredited)
Ilka Grüning	...	Seamstress (uncredited)
Lumsden Hare	...	Prof. Roget (uncredited)
Teddy Infuhr	...	Son (uncredited)
James Kirkwood	...	Board member (uncredited)
Isabel La Mal	...	Woman at accident (uncredited)
Gene Lockhart	...	Bit part (uncredited)
Miles Mander	...	Businessman (uncredited)
George Meader	...	Singing professor (uncredited)
Dickie Meyers	...	Master Michaud (uncredited)
Noel Mills	...	Wedding guest (uncredited)
Leo Mostovoy	...	Photographer (uncredited)
Alan Napier	...	Dr. Bladh (uncredited)
Moroni Olsen	...	President of Businessman's Board (uncredited)
Maria Page	...	Woman at accident (uncredited)
Gigi Perreau	...	Eve (at age 18 months) (uncredited)
Francis Pierlot	...	Monsieur Michaud (uncredited)
Nita Pike	...	Woman at accident (uncredited)
Dorothy Raye	...	Nurse (uncredited)
Almira Sessions	...	Madame Michaud (uncredited)
Arthur Shields	...	Businessman (uncredited)
Wyndham Standing	...	King Oscar (uncredited)
Ray Teal	...	Driver (uncredited)
Charles Trowbridge	...	Board member (uncredited)
Michael Visaroff	...	Proud papa (uncredited)
Marek Windheim	...	Jewelry salesman (uncredited)
Frederick Worlock	...	Businessman (uncredited)
Eustace Wyatt	...	Doctor (uncredited)

Directed by
Mervyn LeRoy

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Ève Curie		book
Aldous Huxley		uncredited
Paul Osborn		writer
Paul H. Rameau		writer

Produced by
Sidney Franklin	....	producer

Original Music by
Herbert Stothart

Cinematography by
Joseph Ruttenberg

Film Editing by
Harold F. Kress

Art Direction by
Cedric Gibbons

Set Decoration by
Edwin B. Willis

Costume Design by
Irene
Irene Sharaff
Gile Steele

Makeup Department
Jack Dawn	....	makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Al Shenberg	....	first assistant director (uncredited)
Wallace Worsley Jr.	....	assistant director (uncredited)
Wallace Worsley Jr.	....	second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Paul Groesse	....	associate art director
Hugh Hunt	....	associate set decorator

Sound Department
Douglas Shearer	....	recording director

Special Effects by
Warren Newcombe	....	special effects

Music Department
Daniele Amfitheatrof	....	composer: stock music (uncredited)
William Axt	....	composer: stock music (uncredited)
Murray Cutter	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Bronislau Kaper	....	composer: stock music (uncredited)
David Snell	....	composer: stock music (uncredited)
Edward Ward	....	composer: stock music (uncredited)
Franz Waxman	....	composer: stock music (uncredited)
Eugene Zador	....	composer: stock music (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Distributors

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1943) (USA) (theatrical)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (19??) (USA) (VHS)

Runtime:

124 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Certification:

Australia:PG | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | USA:Approved (PCA #9500)

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

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 (1942) and Madame Curie (1943). Both films went to bright new star Greer Garson instead, and Crawford left the studio soon after.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Marie gets out of the chair, her hand is at first in her lap, but then on the arm rest.

Movie Connections:

Featured in AFI's 100 Years... 100 Cheers: America's Most Inspiring Movies (2006) (TV)

Unforgettable portrayal of an unforgettable duo

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 20th century.