Madame Bovary
Starring: Jennifer Jones, James Mason, Van Heflin
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Writer: Robert Ardrey
Producer: Pandro S. Berman
Madame Bovary is a 1949 American romantic drama, a film adaptation of the classic 1857 novel of the same name by Gustave Flaubert. It stars Jennifer Jones, James Mason, Van Heflin, Louis Jourdan, Alf Kjellin (billed as Christopher Kent), Gene Lockhart, Frank Allenby and Gladys Cooper. It was directed by Vincente Minnelli and produced by Pandro S. Berman, from a screenplay by Robert Ardrey based on the Flaubert novel.
Trivia
- Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Black and White.
- Based on Madame Bovary (novel by Gustave Flaubert (1857)).
- Lana Turner says it was the only film she turned down at MGM in her time there.
Previous Showings
5 Runs • 3 Festivals
Original Billings: 1 run (November 3, 1949)
Original Run: November 3, 1949 (Thursday - Saturday)
All runs on record (5):
- November 3, 1949 (Thursday - Saturday)Jennifer Jones, James Mason
- July 12, 1990w/ Undercurrent
- April 30 - May 2, 2006Ronald Colmanw/ Stella Dallas, The Bad and the Beautiful
- January 11 - 12, 2010Remembering Jennifer Jonesw/ The Song of Bernadette
- July 25 - 28, 2024Directed by Vincente Minnelliw/ An American in Paris