M-G-M's overstuffed costume drama traces Marie Antoinette's(Norma Shearer)life from Austrian princess, marriage, motherhood, Queen of France and her beheading. The arranged marriage to Louis XVI(Robert Morley), the Dauphin of France, brought about estrangement and hatred from the French populace and eventually a spark for the Revolution. M-G-M borrowed Tyrone Power from 20th Century Fox to play the Swedish Count Axel de Fersen, who entered a romantic dalliance with Marie. The cast was over loaded with star-power: John Barrymore, Anita Louise, Reginald Gardner, Gladys George, Joseph Schildkraut, Henry Stephenson, Albert Dekker and George Meeker. The 2 hr and 40 minute run time is well spent.
Review of Marie Antoinette
