Cavalcade (film)
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| Cavalcade | |
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 original movie poster |
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| Directed by | Frank Lloyd |
| Produced by | Frank Lloyd Winfield R. Sheehan |
| Written by | Noel Coward (play) Reginald Berkeley Sonya Levien |
| Starring | Diana Wynyard Clive Brook Una O'Connor Herbert Mundin |
| Music by | Peter Brunelli Louis De Francesco Arthur Lange J.S. Zamecnik |
| Cinematography | Ernest Palmer |
| Editing by | Margaret Clancey |
| Distributed by | Fox Film Corporation |
| Release date(s) | January 5, 1933 |
| Running time | 110 min. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1,180,280 (estimated) |
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Cavalcade is a 1933 film that takes a historical view of English life from New Year's Eve 1899 through 1933. It is told from the point of view of well-to-do Londoner residents Jane and Robert Marryot (played by Diana Wynyard and Clive Brook). The film chronicles events including the Second Boer War, the death of Queen Victoria, the sinking of the Titanic and the Great War. It used the tagline "The march of time measured by a mother's heart!" The film was directed by Frank Lloyd; Reginald Berkeley wrote the screenplay based on the original play by Noel Coward.
[edit] Awards
Winner of three 1933 Academy Awards, for best picture, best director (Frank Lloyd), and best art direction (William S. Darling). Diana Wynyard was also nominated for best leading actress for her role in this picture. Despite being a Best Picture Oscar winner, the film version of Cavalcade has fallen into obscurity.
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1927–28: Wings, Sunrise | 1928–29: The Broadway Melody | 1929–30: All Quiet on the Western Front | 1930–31: Cimarron | 1931–32: Grand Hotel | 1932–33: Cavalcade | 1934: It Happened One Night | 1935: Mutiny on the Bounty | 1936: The Great Ziegfeld | 1937: The Life of Emile Zola | 1938: You Can't Take It with You | 1939: Gone with the Wind | 1940: Rebecca |
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