Madame Curie Mervyn LeRoy [videorecording] =

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Mervyn LeRoy

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TextLanguage: English Summary language: English Original language: English Subtitle language: English Publication details: United States Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) 2012Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 124 min.) sound, black & white. 4 3/4 inLOC classification:

PN1997 .M333 1943

Summary: In an era when women were allowed to be ornaments, mothers or drudges, young Marie Sklodowska of Poland dreamed of something more. She defied convention to study physics and mathematics at the Sorbonne and - with Pierre Curie, the professor who became her husband - to make one of the greatest breakthroughs of the 20th-century science. Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon reunite after their Mrs. Miniver triumph to portray the courageous couple who won the 1903 Nobel Prize for their discovery of radium. This stirring biopic captures the challenge of research, the triumph of achievement and the profound bond of love they shared.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
DVD - Video	SILC Learning Support Services DH132-DVD-C: DVD Cabinet C	PN1997 .M333 1943	Available		001015

Based on the biography of Marie Curie written by Ève Curie.

In an era when women were allowed to be ornaments, mothers or drudges, young Marie Sklodowska of Poland dreamed of something more. She defied convention to study physics and mathematics at the Sorbonne and - with Pierre Curie, the professor who became her husband - to make one of the greatest breakthroughs of the 20th-century science. Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon reunite after their Mrs. Miniver triumph to portray the courageous couple who won the 1903 Nobel Prize for their discovery of radium. This stirring biopic captures the challenge of research, the triumph of achievement and the profound bond of love they shared.

DVD video; Dolby Digital; monaural; NTSC; Regions 1-8; 1.37:1 as 4:3 fullscreen.

English audio. Optional English subtitles.

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