{"id":44923,"date":"2019-09-26T11:55:36","date_gmt":"2019-09-26T18:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=44923"},"modified":"2021-01-15T09:42:44","modified_gmt":"2021-01-15T16:42:44","slug":"conquest-1937","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=44923","title":{"rendered":"Conquest (1937)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Perhaps you have been made beautiful, that Poland might be made free.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Conquest-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Conquest-Poster-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-44924\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Conquest-Poster-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Conquest-Poster-85x128.jpg 85w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Conquest-Poster.jpg 666w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nDespite the disapproval of her much-older husband (Henry Stephenson), a young Polish countess (Greta Garbo) heeds a romantic call from Napoleon Bonaparte (Charles Boyer) on behalf of her nation.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Clarence Brown Films<\/li>\n<li>Charles Boyer Films<\/li>\n<li>Greta Garbo Films<\/li>\n<li>Historical Drama<\/li>\n<li>Infidelity<\/li>\n<li>Romance<\/li>\n<li>Royalty and Nobility<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nGreta Garbo&#8217;s final dramatic role was this biographical portrayal of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marie_Walewska\">Countess Marie Walewska<\/a>, notorious for being Napoleon Bonaparte&#8217;s long-time lover out of patriotism (and eventually bearing one of his children). Boyer is satisfyingly convincing as Napoleon, embodying the emperor&#8217;s bearing with aplomb: this is a man unabashedly assured of his own importance on the world stage as well as his appeal to women. (Given that Boyer was 5&#8217;9 in real life and Garbo was 5&#8217;7.5, clever blocking and camerawork was also clearly done to make the physical impersonation even more convincing.) The storyline itself is fairly standard melodrama, if perhaps a bit more interesting than usual given it&#8217;s based on a true story &#8212; and Cedric Gibbons&#8217; Oscar-nominated art direction is noteworthy (as are Adrian&#8217;s gowns). However, this film &#8212; which purportedly &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0028739\/trivia?item=tr0589923\">lost more money for MGM than any other of its films during the period from 1920 to 1949<\/a>&#8221; &#8212; is only must-see for diehard Garbo or Boyer fans. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Charles Boyer as Napoleon Bonaparte<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Conquest-Boyer.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Conquest-Boyer.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-44926\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Conquest-Boyer.png 512w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Conquest-Boyer-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Conquest-Boyer-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Greta Garbo as Countess Marie<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Conquest-Garbo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Conquest-Garbo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-44927\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Conquest-Garbo.png 512w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Conquest-Garbo-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Conquest-Garbo-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Fine period sets and costumes<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Conquest-Sets.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Conquest-Sets.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-44925\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Conquest-Sets.png 512w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Conquest-Sets-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Conquest-Sets-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though it&#8217;s worth a one-time look. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0028739\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/97\/conquest#articles-reviews?articleId=87781\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Perhaps you have been made beautiful, that Poland might be made free.&#8221; Synopsis: Despite the disapproval of her much-older husband (Henry Stephenson), a young Polish countess (Greta Garbo) heeds a romantic call from Napoleon Bonaparte (Charles Boyer) on behalf of her nation. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Clarence Brown Films Charles Boyer Films Greta Garbo Films Historical Drama Infidelity Romance Royalty and Nobility Review: Greta Garbo&#8217;s final dramatic role was this biographical portrayal of Countess Marie Walewska, notorious for being&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=44923\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44923"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44923\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63441,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44923\/revisions\/63441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}