Film Friday: A still from Guy Lefranc's 'Marie-Antoinette' (1975) series

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A still from Marie-Antoinette; via on-mag.fr

 

 

 

 

 

The scenes at the hameau de la reine featured in Guy-André Lefranc's 'Marie-Antoinette' mini-series were filmed on location. The series, which starred several actresses as Marie-Antoinette depending on the era featured in the episode, was recently re-released on French region DVD

 

Film Friday: Marie Antoinette (1938) Colorized Gif

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I've partially hand-colored some very limited gifs from MGM's Marie Antoinette before, but the sheer amount of time it takes to hand color gif frames means that it's not something I try very often. A few weeks ago I came across the DeOldify tool, which uses AI to colorize images and even video. I think it works much better on moving images than stills, so I've applied the tool to a few short clips from the 1938 MGM film. The above gif was  made with the DeOldify AI plus a filter in Photoshop to add some more contrast, no hand coloring involved!

Film Friday: Marie Antoinette (1938) Poster

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 One of the many lobby posters created for an international screening of MGM's Marie Antoinette (1938).

Film Friday: 'Marie Antoinette' in Photoplay, 1938

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Image: Norma Shearer as Marie Antoinette, as featured in the July 1938 issue of Photoplay. [source: my photo/collection]

The marketing department behind Marie Antoinette (1938) was working overtime to promote MGM's grand--and expensive--new historical picture. One of the reoccurring themes behind the 1938 advertising was the return of Norma Shearer to the big screen; and this ad, like many others, played on Norma Shearer's reputation as the queen of MGM to highlight her role as the queen of France in the upcoming film.

Film Friday: A poster for The Fighting Guardsman (1946)

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The Italian poster for The Fighting Guardsman (1946); a Columbia Pictures film, based on a novel by the same name, about a Robin Hood-esque baron who begins stealing taxes to give to the poor during the reign of Louis XVI. The film, which is currently not available on DVD or streaming, reused some of MGM's costumes from their historical drama Marie Antoinette (1938).

Film Friday: A set photo from Marie Antoinette (1938)

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A production-made set photo taken on the set of MGM's Marie Antoinette (1938).  This was the bedroom set used for the "wedding night" scene following the wedding of Marie Antoinette and Louis Auguste.

Film Friday: A set photo from Marie Antoinette (1938)

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A production-made set photo taken on the set of MGM's Marie Antoinette (1938). This shot offers a rare glimpse of the lighting rigs above one of the palace interior sets.

Film Friday: A set photo from Marie Antoinette (1938)

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A production-made set photo taken on the set of MGM's Marie Antoinette (1938). This set was memorably used for the moving scene between Marie Antoinette and the princesse de Lamballe, when Lamballe remarks that her place is by the queen's side.

Film Friday: A set photo from Marie Antoinette (1938)

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A production-made set photo taken on the set of MGM's Marie Antoinette (1938). This photo depicts the set used in one of the last shots of the film, where Axel Fersen can be seen overlooking the city skyline.

Film Friday: A set photo from Marie Antoinette (1938)

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A production-made set photo taken on the set of MGM's Marie Antoinette (1938). Much of the furniture used in the film was antique and had to be stored in a heavily guarded warehouse due to the value of the items. 

Film Friday: Michèle Morgan in Marie Antoinette (1956)

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The above still depicts Michèle Morgan in Marie Antoinette (1956) stepping off the cart which took her to the guillotine in preparation for mounting the scaffold. In the final film, we only see this moment from the perspective of the man hidden under the scaffold, slightly obscured by the staircase, so it is interesting to see it from an open perspective. The jacket around her shoulders is notable: is it meant to be part of the scene, perhaps a jacket offered by someone to keep her warm? Or are they simply preparing the blocking for the scene and Morgan herself opted to wear something to keep her warm in the meantime? The description on the back of the photo doesn't indicate either way.

Film Friday: Lisa Delamare as Marie Antoinette in La Marseillaise (1938)

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La Marseillaise (1938) is a unique film from famed director Jean Renoir; the film, which is an effective ensemble piece, depicts the French Revolution through the eyes of the people of France--from the king and queen to the ordinary people who made up the Revolution.

The following still depicts the tense walk of the royal family from the Tuileries Palace on August 10th, 1792.

La Marseillaise (1938)

Film Friday: TCM 'Marie Antoinette' Intro

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It's almost time for the annual Turner Classic Movies Summer Under the Stars, so I can't help but share a this short yet engaging TCM intro from the late Robert Osborne for the most iconic of the older 'Marie Antoinette' films: MGM's lavish 1938 Marie Antoinette starring the powerhouse Norma Shearer in the title role.

Film Friday: Two screenshots form Marie Antoinette (1938)

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 Marie Antoinette (1938)

Marie Antoinette (1938)

Film Friday: Two stills from L'Autrichienne (1990)

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 L'Autrichienne (1990)

  L'Autrichienne (1990)

Film Friday: A colorized still from Marie Antoinette (1938)

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Whenever I can manage it, I like to make time to colorize screenshots from Marie Antoinette (1938) including this screenshot from one of the film's most emotional scenes.

 image: my colorization/originally posted on Tumblr

 

Film Friday: Pola Negri as Madame du Barry

A screenshot of Pola Negri as the titular character in Madame DuBarry, a 1919 German silent film loosely based on the life of the last mistress of Louis XV. The film was also released as 'Passion' in the United States, though some of the U.S. prints were slightly censored to remove a particularly gruesome scene depicting the head of Madame du Barry being tossed to the crowd.

Film Friday: A screenshot from Marie Antoinette (1938)

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A screenshot from Marie Antoinette (1938); from the scene where the newly-coined dauphine Marie Antoinette sits with her husband on their wedding night.

Film Friday: A storyboard for Marie Antoinette (1938)

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This atmospheric storyboard was sketched by Stanley Johnson for Cedric Gibbons, the production designer for the 1938 MGM 'Marie Antoinette' film.