Academy Awards, USA 1934
| Winner Oscar | Best Picture |
| Best Director Frank Lloyd | |
| Best Art Direction William S. Darling | |
| Nominee Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role Diana Wynyard |
Fox Film Corporation
Directed by Frank Lloyd
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(Blu-ray, Fox)
Sprawling account of one British family, and their servants, during the first three decades of the 20th century. Time is marked by historical events, including the Boer War, the death of Queen Victoria, the flight of Louis Bleriot over the English Channel, the sinking of the Titanic, and WWI. In between all of these historical events the family endures separations, births, deaths, and marriages. The melodramatics are predictable and some of the historical references seem forced, with the scene on the Titanic particularly bad. The montages used to show the passage of time are now cliches.
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