{"id":70,"date":"2011-07-12T13:18:37","date_gmt":"2011-07-12T13:18:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dvdreview.biz\/?p=70"},"modified":"2011-07-12T13:18:37","modified_gmt":"2011-07-12T13:18:37","slug":"the-life-of-emile-zola-trailer-1937-10th-oscar-best-picture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/films\/the-life-of-emile-zola-trailer-1937-10th-oscar-best-picture\/","title":{"rendered":"The Life of Emile Zola – Oscar Winning Best Picture 1937"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Life of Emile Zola – Best Picture 1937 Oscars<\/strong><\/p>\n

This somewhat accurate Biographical account of French author Emile Zola won the best picture award at the 10th Oscars giving Warner Brothers their 1st best picture award.<\/p>\n

Quick Plot<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Struggling French writer Emile Zola who shares a flat with artist C\u00e9zanne finally gets his big break in writing thanks to an impromptu\u00a0meeting with a\u00a0prostitute, leading him to write his first major success “Nana”. Fame and fortune soon follow something which takes a lot longer for his onetime flat mate Paul C\u00e9zanne.<\/p>\n

Around the same time a Spy intercepts a letter stating there is a spy in the French Military hierarchy and Captain Alfred Dreyfus ends up the\u00a0innocent fall guy. Soon the military discover evidence that it was not Dreyfus but decide it is easier to let him rot on Devils Island that come clean.<\/p>\n

Several years latter Dreyfus’s wife convinces Zola to take up his case and he publishes an open letter condemning the French Military for covering up the truth. He is charged with Libel and found guilty, forcing him to flee to England; where he continues his campaign for justice.<\/p>\n

A change of administration leads the French Government to admit to the cover up and Dreyfus is finally freed. However with real life often being stranger than fiction Zola dies from Carbon Monoxide poisoning the night before Dreyfus is publicly exonerated.<\/p>\n

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The Life of Emile Zola Cast<\/strong><\/p>\n

Paul Muni as \u00c9mile Zola
\nGloria Holden as Alexandrine Zola
\nGale Sondergaard as Lucie Dreyfus
\nJoseph Schildkraut as Captain Alfred Dreyfus
\nDonald Crisp as Maitre Labori
\nErin O’Brien-Moore as Nana
\nJohn Litel as Charpentier
\nHenry O’Neill as Colonel Picquart
\nMorris Carnovsky as Anatole France
\nLouis Calhern as Major Dort
\nRalph Morgan as Commander of Paris
\nRobert Barrat as Major Walsin-Esterhazy
\nVladimir Sokoloff as Paul C\u00e9zanne
\nGrant Mitchell as Georges Clemenceau
\nHarry Davenport as Chief of Staff
\nRobert Warwick as Major Henry
\nCharles Richman as M. Delagorgue
\nGilbert Emery as Minister of War
\nWalter Kingsford as Colonel Sandherr
\nPaul Everton as Assistant Chief of Staff
\nMontagu Love as M. Cavaignac
\nFrank Sheridan as M. Van Cassell
\nLumsden Hare as Mr. Richards
\nMarcia Mae Jones as Helen Richards
\nFlorence Roberts as Madame Zola
\nDickie Moore as Pierre Dreyfus
\nRolla Gourvitch as Jeanne Dreyfus<\/p>\n

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