Marie Antoinette (1938 film)
Marie Antoinette is a 1938 American historical drama film about the rise and fall of the ill-fated Queen of France, Marie Antoinette.
- Directed by W. S. Van Dyke. Written by Donald Ogden Stewart and others, based on the 1932 biography by Stefan Zweig.
Marie Antoinette
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- Royalty loves an occasional roll in the gutter.
- I enjoy nothing more than meeting people of broad experience.
- Perhaps the great loves come with tears.
- I cannot wear a crown upon my heart.
Mme. du Barry
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- [of Marie Antoinette] The creature's nothing more than a sob in a wig.
- I never was a laundress. I was a milliner.
Duke d'Orléans
[edit]- [to Mme. du Barry] I am as weary of paying homage to the somewhat overblown charms of the ladies who rule our ruler as the people are of paying their bills.
Louis XV
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- [presenting the bride] Louis, I cast this pearl before you.
- [to Duke d'Orléans] I'm not afraid of you, nor of the nobles, nor of the people, nor of ideas. The state will last my time. After me, the Deluge.
Louis XVI
[edit]- [to Mme. du Barry] There are places for women like you in the Bastille.
Dialogue
[edit]- The Count de Mercey: I've been told of a necklace costing 200,000 livres.
- Marie Antoinette: Which I lost tonight on a wager.
- Count de Mercey: You must be out of your senses, madame. What on earth is driving you to this extravagance? This mad pursuit of pleasure which can end only in—
- Marie Antoinette: But not in boredom. At least, not yet.
- Count de Mercey: In these times, madame, your excuses will not fail to impress the people.
- Matie Antoinette: Why, they adore me. I've conquered Paris.
- Count de Mercey: No, madame. Paris was conquered you. Do you realize that you're the first Dauphine of France ever to be spoken of openly as a wanton?
- Benjamin Franklin: Why, this is barbarous. Must the Queen's child be born in public?
- Count de Mercey: Dr. Franklin, a French monarch belongs to the public. He must be born, he must live, and he must die in public.
External links
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- Marie Antoinette quotes at the Internet Movie Database