Cavalcade, 1933 by Frank Lloyd (Diana Wynyard & Clive Brook)

Three decades in the life of a well-to-do English family and its servants. Noel Coward's play was snapped up by Fox, and filmed using a fine British cast - including Dana Wynard and Clive Brook as the mother and father. It was a great success, winning the Best Picture Oscar that year. In its favor it should be noted that it is extremely faithful to its source - arguably the one film that is truest to the flavor of early Coward. Lloyd had an excellent way with crowd scenes - the picture certainly has a sense of historical sweep, from the Boer War through the decimation of World War I, which the film decries. On the other hand, there's no denying that the picture creaks - the stiff upper lip stuff is sometimes laughable, and the actor's theatrical style, all grand gesture, and declamation, is dated.

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Directed by Frank Lloyd.
Starring Diana Wynyard and Clive Brook.
Also with Una O'Connor and Herbert Mundin.
Produced by Frank Lloyd and Winfield R. Sheehan.
Screenplay by Reginald Berkeley and Sonya Levien.
Based on "Cavalcade" 1931 play by Noël Coward.
Music by Peter Brunelli, Louis De Francesco, Arthur Lange, J. S. Zamecnik.
Cinematography by Ernest Palmer.
Edited by Margaret Clancey.
Distributed by Fox Film Corporation.