The Life of Emile Zola

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The Life of Emile Zola
Directed by	William Dieterle
Produced by	Henry Blanke
Starring	Paul Muni Gale Sondergaard Joseph Schildkraut Gloria Holden Donald Crisp
Release date(s)	August 11, 1937
Running time	116 min
Country	USA
Language	English

The Life of Emile Zola is a 1937 biographical film of famous French author Émile Zola. It depicts his friendship with noted painter Paul Cézanne, and his rise to fame through his prolific writing, with particular focus on his involvement in the Dreyfus affair. The film had its premiere at the Carthay Circle Theatre in Los Angeles and was a great success both critically and financially; contemporary reviews cited it as the best biographical film made up to that time. It is still held in high regard by many critics. It is the second biographical film to win the Oscar for Best Picture.

In 2000,The Life of Emile Zola was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

Contents 1 Cast and crew 1.1 Main Crew 1.2 Cast 2 Academy Awards 3 Academy Award nominations 4 External links

[edit] Cast and crew

[edit] Main Crew

• Directed by: William Dieterle
• Written by: Norman Reilly Raine, Heinz Herald and Geza Herczeg
  • story by Heinz Herald and Geza Herczeg
  • after Matthew Josephson's book Zola and His Time
• Produced by: Henry Blanke
• Music by: Max Steiner (head of department, Leo F. Forbstein)
• Cinematography by: Tony Gaudio
• Film Editing by: Warren Low
• Art Direction by: Anton Grot
• Assistant director: Russel Saunders

[edit] Cast

• Paul Muni as Émile Zola
• Gale Sondergaard as Lucie Dreyfus
• Joseph Schildkraut as Captain Alfred Dreyfus
• Gloria Holden as Alexandrine Zola
• Donald Crisp as Maitre Labori
• Erin O'Brien-Moore as Nana
• Vladimir Sokoloff as Paul Cézanne
• Grant Mitchell as Georges Clemenceau
• Morris Carnovsky as Anatole France.

[edit] Academy Awards

• Best Picture: Warner Bros. (Henry Blanke, producer)
• Supporting Actor: Joseph Schildkraut
• Best Writing, Screenplay: Heinz Herald, Geza Herczeg and Norman Reilly Raine

[edit] Academy Award nominations

• Best Actor: Paul Muni
• Best Art Direction: Anton Grot
• Best Assistant Director: Russell Saunders
• Best Director: William Dieterle
• Best Music, Score: Max Steiner, awarded to Leo F. Forbstein
• Best Sound, Recording: Nathan Levinson (Warner Bros. SSD)
• Best Writing, Original Story: Heinz Herald and Geza Herczeg

[edit] External links

• The Life of Emile Zola at the Internet Movie Database
• The Life of Emile Zola at Allmovie
• The Life of Emile Zola at the TCM Movie Database

Awards and achievements
Preceded by The Great Ziegfeld	Academy Award for Best Picture 1937	Succeeded by You Can't Take It With You

v • d • e The films of William Dieterle 1920 Man by the Roadside • Behind the Altar (with Julius Brandt) • The Saint and Her Fool • Sex in Chains • The Brandenburg Arch (with Max Knaake) • Triumph of Love • Frühlingsrauschen • Das Schweigen im Walde 1930 Die Maske fällt • Kismet • Ludwig der Zweite, König von Bayern • Der Tanz geht weiter • Eine Stunde Glück • Die Heilige Flamme (with Berthold Viertel) • The Last Flight • Her Majesty, Love • Man Wanted • Jewel Robbery • The Crash • Six Hours to Live • Scarlet Dawn • Lawyer Man • Grand Slam • Adorable • The Devil's in Love • From Headquarters • Fashions of 1934 • Fog Over Frisco • Madame DuBarry • The Firebird • The Secret Bride • A Midsummer Night's Dream (with Max Reinhardt) • Dr. Socrates • The Story of Louis Pasteur • The White Angel • Satan Met a Lady • The Great O'Malley • Another Dawn • The Life of Emile Zola • Blockade • Juarez • The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1940 Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet • A Dispatch from Reuter's • The Devil and Daniel Webster • Syncopation • Tennessee Johnson • Kismet • I'll Be Seeing You • Love Letters • This Love of Ours • The Searching Wind • Portrait of Jennie • The Accused • Rope of Sand 1950 Paid in Full • Volcano • September Affair • Dark City • Peking Express • Red Mountain • Boots Malone • The Turning Point • Salome • Elephant Walk • Magic Fire • Omar Khayyam • Dubrowsky 1960 Mistress of the World • Die Herrin der Welt - Teil II • Die Fastnachtsbeichte • The Confession

v • d • e Academy Award for Best Picture Wings (1928) · The Broadway Melody (1929) · All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) · Cimarron (1931) · Grand Hotel (1932) · Cavalcade (1933) · It Happened One Night (1934) · Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) · The Great Ziegfeld (1936) · The Life of Emile Zola (1937) · You Can't Take It with You (1938) · Gone with the Wind (1939) · Rebecca (1940) Complete List · (1928–1940) · (1941–1960) · (1961–1980) · (1981–2000) · (2001–present)

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