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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 (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 1940s.
Original Release
12/16/1943
US Release
12/16/1943
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Greer Garson | Marie Curie |
Walter Pidgeon | Pierre Curie |
Henry Travers | Eugene Curie |
Albert Bassermann | Professor Jean Perot |
Robert Walker | David Le Gros |
C. Aubrey Smith | Lord Kelvin |
May Whitty | Madame Eugene Curie |
Victor Francen | President of University |
Elsa Bassermann | Madame Perot |
Reginald Owen | Dr. Becquerel |
Directors
Writers
Paul Osborn, Hans Rameau, Ève Curie, Walter Reisch, Aldous Huxley
Cast
Name | Character |
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Greer Garson | Marie Curie |
Walter Pidgeon | Pierre Curie |
Henry Travers | Eugene Curie |
Albert Bassermann | Professor Jean Perot |
Robert Walker | David Le Gros |
C. Aubrey Smith | Lord Kelvin |
May Whitty | Madame Eugene Curie |
Victor Francen | President of University |
Elsa Bassermann | Madame Perot |
Reginald Owen | Dr. Becquerel |
Van Johnson | Reporter |
Margaret O'Brien | Irene Curie - Age 5 |
James Hilton | Narration Spoken By (voice) / Narration Spoken By |
Mariska Aldrich | Tall Woman |
Tony Carson | Man at Accident |
Ruth Cherrington | Swedish Queen |
Ray Collins | Lecturer |
Guy D'Ennery | Professor |
George Davis | Cart Driver |
Harold De Becker | Professor |
Producers
Name | Role |
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E.J. Mannix | Executive Producer |
Sidney Franklin | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1944 | Oscar | Best Picture | Nominated |
1944 | Oscar | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Nominated |
1944 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Nominated |
1944 | Oscar | Best Cinematography, Black-and-White | Nominated |
1944 | Oscar | Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White | Nominated |
1944 | Oscar | Best Sound, Recording | Nominated |
1944 | Oscar | Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture | Nominated |