| Description |
1 videodisc (124 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono., dual-layer. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
| Cast |
Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Henry Travers, Albert Basserman, Robert Walker, C. Aubrey Smith, Dame May Whitty, Victor Francen, Elsa Basserman, Reginald Owen, Van Johnson, Margaret O'Brien. |
| Note |
Based on the book by Eve Curie. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1943. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Summary |
Young Marie Sklodowska of Poland dreamed of being something more than being just a wife and mother. She defied convention to study physics and mathematics at the Sorbonne and with Pierre Curie, the professor who became her husband, goes on to make one of the greatest breakthroughs in 20th-century science. |
| Note |
Special features: Vintage Oscar-nominated Pete Smith specialty short "Romance of Radium;" Greer Garson movie trailer gallery. |
| Language |
Closed-captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Curie, Marie, 1867-1934 -- Drama.
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Curie, Pierre, 1859-1906 -- Drama.
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Université de Paris -- Drama.
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Radium -- Drama.
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Women scientists -- France -- Paris -- Drama.
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Nobel Prize winners -- France -- Drama.
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Paris (France) -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Science in motion pictures.
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Biographical films.
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Biographical -- Feature.
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Feature films.
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Biographical films.
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| Added Author |
Franklin, Sidney A., 1893-1972.
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Osborn, Paul, 1901-1988.
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Rameau, Hans, 1901-1980.
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LeRoy, Mervyn, 1900-1987.
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Garson, Greer, 1904-1996.
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Pidgeon, Walter, 1897-1984.
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Travers, Henry, 1874-1965.
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Bassermann, Albert, 1867-1952.
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Walker, Robert, 1918-1951.
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Smith, C. Aubrey (Charles Aubrey), 1863-1948.
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Whitty, May, Dame, 1865-1948.
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Francen, Victor.
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Basserman, Elsa, 1878-1961.
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Owen, Reginald, 1887-1972.
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Johnson, Van, 1916-2008.
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O'Brien, Margaret, 1937-
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Curie, Eve, 1904-2007
Madame Curie.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
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Warner Home Video (Firm)
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| ISBN |
1419844067 |
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9781419844065 |
| Standard No. |
012569795259 |
| Music No. |
79525 Warner Home Video |
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