Cavalcade
A portrayal of the triumphs and tragedies of two English families, the upper-crust Marryots and the working-class Bridgeses, from 1899 to 1933.
- Rated
- Approved
- Runtime
- 1h 52m
- Released
- 1933
- Country
- United States
Details
Release year: 1933
Storyline
A portrayal of the triumphs and tragedies of two English families, the upper-crust Marryots and the working-class Bridgeses, from 1899 to 1933.
Top credits
Diana Wynyard — Jane Marryot
Clive Brook — Robert Marryot
Una O'Connor — Ellen Bridges
Herbert Mundin — Alfred Bridges
Awards
3 wins & 1 nomination
See all awards →Did you know
• The first film produced by Fox to win the Best Picture Oscar®.
• Sixteen-year-old Betty Grable, who had already been in films for three years, is the "Blonde Girl on the Couch" in the 1930s wild party sequence. The little girl playing the servant's daughter is Bonita Granville in one of her earliest roles.
• Fox Movietone newsreel cameramen were dispatched to London to record the original stage production as a guide for the filmmakers.
User reviews
Stylistically Dated But Nonetheless Memorable
An odd bird of a film
A fascinating period piece
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Mono
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
- Color
- Black and White
