Cavalcade (film)

For the play on which this film was based, see Cavalcade (play).

Cavalcade
Original poster
Directed by	Frank Lloyd
Produced by	Frank Lloyd Winfield R. Sheehan
Written by	Reginald Berkeley Sonya Levien Based on the play by Noël Coward
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)	April 15, 1933
Running time	110 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1,180,280 (estimated)

Cavalcade is a 1933 American drama film directed by Frank Lloyd. The screenplay by Reginald Berkeley and Sonya Levien is based on the 1931 play of the same title by Noël Coward.

1 Plot synopsis
2 Production
3 Principal cast
4 Critical reception
5 Awards and nominations
6 References
7 External links

Plot synopsis

Offering a view of English life from New Year's Eve 1899 through New Year's Day 1933, the film is presented from the point of view of well-to-do London residents Jane and Robert Marryot. Several historical events serve as background for the film, including the Second Boer War, the death of Queen Victoria, the sinking of the Titanic, and World War I.

Production

Fox Movietone newsreel cameramen were sent to London to record the original stage production as a guide for the film adaptation.

The soundtrack includes "Girls of the C.I.V.," "Mirabelle," "Lover of My Dreams," and "Twentieth Century Blues" by Noël Coward, "A Bird in a Gilded Cage" by Harry von Tilzer, "I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside" by John Glover Kind, "Take Me Back to Yorkshire" by Harry Castling and Fred Godfrey, "Nearer My God, To Thee" by Lowell Mason, "Your King and Country Want You" by Paul Rubens, "It's a Long, Long Way to Tipperary" by Jack Judge and Harry Williams, "Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag and Smile, Smile, Smile" by Felix Powell and George Asaf, "Keep The Home Fires Burning" by Ivor Novello and Lena Guilbert Ford, "Oh, You Beautiful Doll" by Nat Ayer and Seymour Brown, "Hinky Dinky Parlay Voo (Mad'moiselle from Armentieres)" by Irwin Dash, Al Dubin, and Joe Mittenthal, and "Over There" by George M. Cohan.

The film premiered in New York City on January 5, 1933 but did not go into general theatrical release until April 15.

The film is one of only two Best Picture Oscar winners not currently available on DVD in Region 1, together with Wings.

Principal cast

Diana Wynyard ..... Jane Marryot
Clive Brook ..... Robert Marryot
Una O'Connor ..... Ellen Bridges
Herbert Mundin ..... Alfred Bridges
Irene Browne ..... Margaret Harris
Margaret Lindsay ..... Edith Harris
John Warburton ..... Edward Marryot
Bonita Granville ..... Young Fanny

Critical reception

Mordaunt Hall of the New York Times called the film "most affecting and impressive" and added, "In all its scenes there is a meticulous attention to detail, not only in the settings ... but also in the selection of players ... It is unfurled with such marked good taste and restraint that many an eye will be misty after witnessing this production."^[1]

Awards and nominations

Cavalcade won the Academy Award for Best Picture, Frank Lloyd won the Academy Award for Best Director, and the Academy Award for Best Art Direction went to William S. Darling.^[2] Diana Wynyard was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress but lost to Katharine Hepburn for Morning Glory.

References

^ New York Times review
^ "NY Times: Cavalcade". NY Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/8678/Cavalcade/details. Retrieved on 2008-12-07.

External links

Cavalcade at the Internet Movie Database
Cavalcade at Allmovie
Cavalcade at Turner Classic Movies
Fan website

Awards
Preceded by Grand Hotel	Academy Award for Best Picture 1932-33	Succeeded by It Happened One Night

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1930s	Son of the Gods • The Way of All Men • The Lash • The Right of Way • East Lynne • The Age for Love • A Passport to Hell • Cavalcade • Berkeley Square • Hoop-La • Servants' Entrance • Mutiny on the Bounty • Under Two Flags • Maid of Salem • Wells Fargo • If I Were King • Rulers of the Sea

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Academy Award for Best Picture

Wings (1928) · The Broadway Melody (1929) · All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) · Cimarron (1931) · Grand Hotel (1932) · Cavalcade (1933) · It Happened One Night (1934) · Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) · The Great Ziegfeld (1936) · The Life of Emile Zola (1937) · You Can't Take It with You (1938) · Gone with the Wind (1939) · Rebecca (1940)

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