One of the better biopics with that paragon of virtue Greer Garson as Marie Curie and Walter Pidgeon as husband Pierre. "Madame Curie" was just one of several such films to have come out around this time, a history lesson dressed up as a somewhat sumptuous entertainment with a first-rate cast of character players giving the stars all the support they need. Garson is really very good in the title role and Pidgeon, one of the most underrated of actors, is superb while Paul Osborn and Hans Rameau provide a surprisingly intelligent screenplay with a little uncredited help from Aldous Huxley and Walter Reisch. Mervyn LeRoy was the director and while he wasn't the most inspired filmmaker Hollywood ever turned out he could usually be relied upon to deliver the goods and this remains one of his more enjoyable pictures.
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