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5 October 1934 (USA) moreTagline:
History's most seductive woman! The screen's mightiest spectacle! morePlot:
The man-hungry Queen of Egypt leads Julius Caesar and Marc Antony astray, amid scenes of DeMillean splendor. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
Won Oscar. Another 4 nominations moreNewsDesk:
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Cleopatra 75th Anniversary Edition (Universal Backlot Series) - DVD Review (From Monsters and Critics. 17 April 2009, 6:28 AM, PDT)
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Keeping Abreast With Claudette more (31 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Claudette Colbert | ... | Cleopatra |
 | Warren William | ... | Julius Caesar |
 | Henry Wilcoxon | ... | Marc Antony |
| Joseph Schildkraut | ... | King Herod |
| Ian Keith | ... | Octavian |
| Gertrude Michael | ... | Calpurnia |
| C. Aubrey Smith | ... | Enobarbus |
| Irving Pichel | ... | Apollodorus |
| Arthur Hohl | ... | Brutus |
 | Edwin Maxwell | ... | Casca |
| Ian Maclaren | ... | Cassius (as Ian MacLaren) |
| Eleanor Phelps | ... | Charmion |
| Leonard Mudie | ... | Pothinos |
| Grace Durkin | ... | Iras |
| Ferdinand Gottschalk | ... | Glabrio (scenes deleted) |
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100 minCountry:
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1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #80)Fun Stuff
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One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by MCA ever since. moreGoofs:
Miscellaneous: During the romantic barge scene, where Antony first makes love to Cleopatra, as the camera pulls further back, we see slaves in the galley pulling at the oars. When the barge is shown from the outside, no oars are visible, and the barge seems to be traveling under its own power. moreQuotes:
Cleopatra: So Rome would forgive and take you back? And all they demand is for us to part. Why don't they ask the sun to fall right out of the sky? moreFAQ
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Actually, this movie was better than I thought it might be. (Sometimes lower expectations help!) It had some good dance numbers, almost Busby Berkeley-like extravaganzas held in Cleopatra's barge. It also had a few decent action scenes and a fairly good and easy-to-understand story.
Claudette Colbert and few others surprised me a bit by showing off quite a bit of cleavage, but then this was released just before the Hays' Code was in effect. Colbert was not shy: she had been nude in an erotic milk-bath scene two years earlier in "The Sign Of The Cross."
Warren William, as "Caesar," and Henry Wilcoxen, as "Marc Antony," both overacted and looked almost like silent film characters with all the makeup. They were terrible.
Why this film won an award for cinematography, I don't know. Perhaps it was the elaborate sets by Cecil B. DeMille that caught people's attention.
If you are a fan of classic films, this is one to definitely check out.