—Marie Antoinette (1938)
She is completely beautiful. I think i have a little female crush on Norms Shearer lol No HOMO!
FUCK YEAH MARIE ANTOINETTE!!!
Mme. du Barry: I’m late, Madame, but with His Majesty’s permission… a slight headache.
Marie: I’m so sorry, Madame. It was a pleasure delayed.
Mme. du Barry: For me too, Madame. I might say a triumph.
Marie: You’re very kind.
Mme. du Barry: I presume I shall not have the honor of meeting his Royal Highness?
Marie: My husband does not care for dancing, madame.
Mme. du Barry: Quite the family man, isn’t he? The fireside, the nursing room and all that? To the duc Orleans: Well, here is my old friend and how well he takes the husband’s place!
Marie: I’m sorry you feel your triumph incomplete, madame. My husband has better sense than I. He knows where to draw the line.
King Louis XV: To du Berry: Will you dance, Madame?
Mme. du Barry: Ignoring the King’s request: So that’s it? I’m dirt, ah? Not good enough for your high and mightiness?
Marie: But, nooo, madame! Royalty loves an occasional roll in the gutter, don’t they Grand-pappa?
King Louis XV: Madame!
Marie: Ignoring the King’s dismay at her rudeness: I enjoy nothing more than meeting people of broad experience.King Louis XV: To both Marie-Antionette & du Berry: Recollect yourselves!
Marie: Still ignoring the King: You see I’ve never walked the streets of Paris, but I am sure you could tell me something about that.
King Louis XV: To du Berry: You will prefer to leave, madame, as I do.
OWNED!!! YOU GO MARIE ANTOINETTE!!!
THAT’S SO CLASSIC FUN FACTS!!!!:
Adrian made all of the gowns and costumes for MGM’s Marie Antoinette. Norma Shearer’s gowns alone had a combined weight of over 1,768 lbs, the heaviest being the wedding dress she wore in the scene where she is wedded to Louis XVI
* I wonder who the hell she was able to run spin and with all that weight on her. Another reason why i love Norma Shearer <3
Marie Antoinette
The life of Marie Antoinette played by Norma Shearer (1755-1793) from betrothal and marriage in 1770 to her beheading. At first, she’s a Hapsburg teenager isolated in France, living a virgin’s life in the household of the Dauphin, a shy solitary man who would like to be a locksmith (Louis XVI). Marie discovers high society in France, with the help of Orleans and her brother in law. Her foolishness is at its heights when she meets a handsome Swedish count, Axel de Fersen played by Tyrone Powers. He helps her see fecklessness In the second half of the film, she avoids an annulment, becomes queen of France, bears children, and is a responsible ruler. The affair of the necklace and the general poverty of France feed revolution brings her to her downfall. She faces death with dignity.
Review:
Marie Antoinette. A true masterpiece by MGM and Norma Shearer and Tyrone Powers did a fabulous job with this film. I really don’t understand why Norma Shearer didn’t receive an Oscar for her performance. She really showed the glamorous and tragic life of Marie Antoinette.
Muriel Blandings: You remember Bunny Funkhouser, dear, that clever young interior decorator that we met at the Collins’ cocktail party.
Jim Blandings: You mean that young man with the open-toed sandals? What about him?
Muriel Blandings: Well, you know how long we’ve said we’ve got to do something about fixing up this apartment. Well, a couple of weeks ago, he called, and I asked him to come over, and he had some simply wonderful ideas, and I didn’t want to bother you with sketches and estimates until I knew whether we could afford it. So I sent them over to Bill.
Jim Blandings: How much?
Muriel Blandings: What’s the point in asking how much until you know what you’re going to get?
Jim Blandings: I’ve seen Bunny Funkhouser. I *know* what I’m going to get.
