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Madame Curie ()

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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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Marie Curie
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Pierre Curie
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Eugene Curie
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Professor Jean Perot
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David Le Gros
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Lord Kelvin
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Madame Eugene Curie (as Dame May Whitty)
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President of University
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Madame Perot
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Dr. Becquerel
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Reporter
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Irene Curie - Age 5
James Hilton ...
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Mariska Aldrich ...
Tall Woman (uncredited)
Tony Carson ...
Man at Accident (uncredited)
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Swedish Queen (uncredited)
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Lecturer (uncredited) (voice)
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Professor (uncredited)
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Cart Driver (uncredited)
Harold De Becker ...
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)
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Man at Accident (uncredited)
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Board Member (uncredited)
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Prof. Constant (uncredited) (voice)
Linda Lee Gates ...
Perot Granddaughter (uncredited)
Marie Louise Gates ...
Perot Granddaughter (uncredited)
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Lucille (uncredited)
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Seamstress (uncredited)
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Professor Roget (uncredited)
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Son (uncredited)
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Board Member (uncredited)
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Woman at Accident (uncredited)
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Bit Part (uncredited)
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George Meader ...
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Dickie Meyers ...
Master Michaud (uncredited)
Noel Mills ...
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Leo Mostovoy ...
Photographer (uncredited)
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Dr. Bladh (uncredited)
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President of Businessman's Board (uncredited)
Maria Page ...
Woman at Accident (uncredited)
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Eve at 18 Months (uncredited)
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Monsieur Michaud (uncredited)
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Madame Michaud (uncredited)
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King Oscar (uncredited)
Count Stefenelli ...
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Driver (uncredited)
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Board Member (uncredited)
Michael Visaroff ...
Proud Papa (uncredited)
Marek Windheim ...
Jewelry Salesman (uncredited)
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Businessman (uncredited)
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Doctor (uncredited)

Directed by

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Mervyn LeRoy
Albert Lewin ... (uncredited) (fired)

Written by

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Paul Osborn ... (screen play) and
Hans Rameau ... (screen play) (as Paul H. Rameau)
 
Ève Curie ... (book "Madame Curie") (as Eve Curie)
 
Walter Reisch ... (contributing writer) (uncredited)
 
Aldous Huxley ... () (uncredited)

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Sidney Franklin ... producer
E.J. Mannix ... executive producer (uncredited)

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Herbert Stothart ... (musical score)

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Joseph Ruttenberg ... director of photography

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Harold F. Kress ... film editor

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Cedric Gibbons

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Edwin B. Willis ... (set decorations)

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Irene ... (costume supervision)

Makeup Department

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Jack Dawn ... makeup creator

Production Management

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Robert Cannon ... unit manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Tom Andre ... assistant director (uncredited)
Harry Beaumont ... second unit director (uncredited)
Hugh Boswell ... assistant director (uncredited)
Al Shenberg ... first assistant director (uncredited)
Wallace Worsley Jr. ... assistant director (uncredited) / second assistant director (uncredited)

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

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Douglas Shearer ... recording director

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Warren Newcombe ... special effects

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James Hackett ... assistant camera (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Irene Sharaff ... associate costume supervisor (as Sharaff)
Gile Steele ... costumes: men's
Eugene Joseff ... costume jeweller (uncredited)

Music Department

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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)

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Rudolph M. Langer ... technical advisor (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

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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Taglines A LOVE SO GREAT...it made the impossible come true! (print ad - Lubbock Morning Avalanche - Lyric Theatre - Lubbock, Texas - August 2, 1944) See more »
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Also Known As
  • Madam Curie (Turkey, Turkish title)
  • Curie-Skłodowska (Poland)
  • La vida heroica de Madame Curie (Argentina)
  • Мадам Кюри (Soviet Union, Russian title)
  • キューリー夫人 (Japan, Japanese title)
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  • 124 min
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Trivia Only one scene in the entire film--a long shot of the Curies on honeymoon--was actually filmed outside of the studio, and even that was second unit. See more »
Goofs 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 »
Movie Connections Featured in AFI's 100 Years... 100 Cheers: America's Most Inspiring Movies (2006). See more »
Soundtracks Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star See more »
Quotes [last lines]
[Madame Curie addresses a large gathering of scientists]
Marie Curie: Even now, after twenty-five years of intensive research, we feel there is a great deal still to be done. We have made many discoveries. Pierre Curie and the suggestions we have found in his notes, and his thoughts he expressed to me have helped to guide us to them. But no one of us can do much. Yet, each of us, perhaps, can catch some gleam of knowledge which, modest and insufficient of itself, may add to man's dream of truth. It is by these small candles in our darkness that we see before us, little by little, the dim outline of that great plan that shapes the universe. And I am among those who think that for this reason, science has great beauty and, with its great spiritual strength, will in time cleanse this world of its evils, its ignorance, its poverty, diseases, wars, and heartaches. Look for the clear light of truth. Look for unknown, new roads. Even when man's sight is keener far than now, divine wonder will never fail him. Every age has its own dreams. Leave, then, the dreams of yesterday. Youth, take the torch of knowledge and build the palace of the future.
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