Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Academy Award for Best Picture

1937
The Life of Emile Zola
Release dates
August 11, 1937
Starring
Paul Muni
Gloria Holden
Gale Sondergaard
Joseph Schildkraut
The Life of Emile Zola is a 1937 American biographical film about French author Émile Zola, played by Paul Muni and directed by William Dieterle. It has the distinction of being the second biographical film to win the Oscar for Best Picture. It premiered at the Los Angeles Carthay Circle Theatre to great success both critically and financially. Contemporary reviews cited it the best biographical film made up to that time. In 2000, it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

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