Napoleon needs money to fight his wars in Europe so he wants 20 million dollars for the Louisiana Territory in the United States. To help the negotiations, he sends his brother, Jerome, to the U.
Is it worth your afternoon? If you like old-school Hollywood romances where everyone talks like they’re reading a textbook out loud, maybe. If you’re allergic to 1930s melodrama, stay far, far away. It’s mostly for people who enjoy seeing Marion Davies try to carry a script that’s clearly more interested in French poli...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Frank Borzage
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"Is it worth your afternoon? If you like old-school Hollywood romances where everyone talks like they’re reading a textbook out loud, maybe. If you’re allergic to 1930s melodrama, stay far, far away. It’s mostly for people who enjoy seeing Marion Davies try to carry a script that’s clearly more interested in French politics than actual chemistry. Let’s talk about that horse track scene. The pacing here is so weirdly frantic that you’d think the horses were running on espresso. Jerome shows up, s..."
Laird Doyle, Casey Robinson, Rida Johnson Young
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