Drama Romance History
Poor physics student Marie is studying at the Sorbonne in 1890s Paris. One of the few women studying in her field, Marie encounters skepticism concerning her abilities, but is eventually offered a research placement in Pierre Curie's lab. The scientists soon fall in love and embark on a shared quest to extract, from a particular type of rock, a new chemical element they have named radium. However, their research puts them on the brink of professional failure.
Directed by
Mervyn LeRoy
Written by
Ève Curie
Ray Teal
Driver (uncredited)
Alan Napier
Dr. Bladh (uncredited)
Ray Collins
Lecturer (voice) (uncredited)
Gene Lockhart
Bit Part (uncredited)
Margaret O'Brien
Irene Curie - Age 5
Moroni Olsen
President of Businessman's Board (uncredited)
Greer Garson
Marie Curie
Van Johnson
Reporter
Walter Pidgeon
Pierre Curie
Robert Walker
David Le Gros
C. Aubrey Smith
Lord Kelvin
Reginald Owen
Dr. Becquerel
Almira Sessions
Madame Michaud (uncredited)
May Whitty
Madame Eugene Curie
Arthur Shields
Businessman (uncredited)
Gigi Perreau
Eve at 18 Months (uncredited)
Howard Freeman
Prof. Constant (voice) (uncredited)
George Davis
Cart Driver (uncredited)
Frederick Worlock
Businessman (uncredited)
Lumsden Hare
Professor Roget (uncredited)
Henry Travers
Eugene Curie
Charles Trowbridge
Board Member (uncredited)
Albert Bassermann
Professor Jean Perot
Wyndham Standing
King Oscar (uncredited)
Francis Pierlot
Monsieur Michaud (uncredited)
Teddy Infuhr
Son (uncredited)
Michael Visaroff
Proud Papa (uncredited)
Victor Francen
President of University
Miles Mander
Businessman (uncredited)
James Kirkwood
Board Member (uncredited)
William Edmunds
Cart Driver (uncredited)
Ilka Grüning
Seamstress (uncredited)
Isabel La Mal
Woman at Accident (uncredited)
Ruth Cherrington
Swedish Queen (uncredited)
Al Ferguson
Man at Accident (uncredited)
Lisa Golm
Lucille (uncredited)
Eustace Wyatt
Doctor (uncredited)
Edward Fielding
Board Member (uncredited)
Marek Windheim
Jewelry Salesman (uncredited)
George Meader
Singing Professor (uncredited)
Elsa Bassermann
Madame Perot
María Pagés
Woman at Accident (uncredited)
Guy D'Ennery
Professor (uncredited)
Mariska Aldrich
Tall Woman (uncredited)
Tony Carson
Man at Accident (uncredited)
Harold De Becker
Professor (uncredited)
Franz Dorfler
Assistant Tailor (uncredited)
Justine Duney
Woman at Accident (uncredited)
Tay Dunn
Man at Accident (uncredited)
Nestor Eristoff
Board Member (uncredited)
Linda Lee Gates
Perot Granddaughter (uncredited)
Marie Louise Gates
Perot Granddaughter (uncredited)
Dickie Meyers
Master Michaud (uncredited)
Noel Mills
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Leo Mostovoy
Photographer (uncredited)
Nita Pike
Woman at Accident (uncredited)
Dorothy Raye
Nurse (uncredited)

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