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starring: Diana Wynyard, Clive Brook, Una O'Connor, Herbert Mundin, Beryl Mercerdirected by: Frank Lloyd
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302640526
Format: Black & White, NTSC
ISBN: 6302640520
Label: 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Release Date: January 01, 1998
Running Time: 110 minutes
Sales Rank: 4042
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: January 07, 1933
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
The winner of 1934's Best Picture Oscar proves that the Academy hasn't changed its tune much in 50-plus years. Though films of that year, such as King Kong, still remain in the public psyche, Cavalcade, which is rarely seen now, fits the Academy's bill as an 'important' film, one worthy of the Best Picture title. It chronicles the life of two British families, from the eve of the 20th century to 1933. One family is upstairs, the other downstairs, but it's less a view of the class struggle than a remembrance of things past. People honeymoon on the Titanic, they fight in the War to End All Wars, and they seem to entirely avoid the 1920s. Based upon Noel Coward's play, young couples banter using frightfully high-tea terms--everyone's 'dreadful,' 'horrid,' or 'pathetic.' A final montage tirade about the decrepit state of the times (hey, they did it back then, too!) almost knocks the legs out from under the whole proceedings, but it holds on. Stiff upper lip and all that. --Keith Simanton
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - helpfull
We lost both of our children. This movie helped us ,to not feel so alone. It`s an excellent movie.
Rating:  - Remarkably uninspiring for a Best Picture winner
I know that in the early days of talking pictures that scripts and dialogue were often uninspired as everybody in the motion picture industry had to get used to the idea of telling stories through the spoken word rather than with only gestures and facial expressions, but by the time Cavalcade came out this period was pretty much over. The competition in the year this film won Best Picture, such as "I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang" and "Lady for a Day", pretty much prove this point. Thus the fact ... Read More
Rating: - Twentieth Century Blues
We always think of Noel Coward as being this hip, ironic, sophisticated glibster but at heart he wasall mush and my, oh my, did he love England, everything about it, especially its aristocracy. CAVALCADE the movie is a faithful recreation of his showstopping London hit, the one that made him a respectable man of the theater, instead of just an angry young man. If you had a copy of his play in hand while following the movie you would see how extraordinarily the screenplay follows the show, though ... Read More
Rating:  - An intimate portrait!
This familiar album extends itself from 1899 to 1932,in this sense the movie focuses around the painful years of the WW1 and the Great Depression. The sorrows and triumphs of the Marryot family are treatedadmirably in this admirable adptation of Noel Coward's play.
The film looks dated but maintains its involving expressive force.
This can be Frank Lloyd's masterpiece.
Rating: - Memorable But Stylistically Dated
CAVALCADE is an extremely good example of films made in the first few years following the advent of sound, an era in which actors, directors, writers, and cinematographers struggled to find a new style that could comfortably accomodate the new technology. During this period, many actors and writers were drawn from the stage--only to discover that what seems real and natural in the theatre seems heavily mannered on screen.
This is certainly the case with CAVALCADE. The film presents the ... Read More
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