That Hamilton Woman

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Two of Hollywood's biggest legends and off-screen lovers VIVIEN LEIGH (Emma Hamilton) and LAURENCE OLIVIER (Nelson) star in this Academy award''-winning story based on one of history's most ill-fated love affairs. However the film left no-one in any doubt that Nelson's warning of the dangers of appeasing Napoleon was an obvious parallel to the threat Hitler posed to Europe at the time. Shot in just six weeks in Los Angeles Korda's first directorial effort since 'Rembrandt' is an appealing mix of high drama and romance which succeeded with the critics and audiences alike. Politically the film also made an impact on both sides of the Atlantic. In the UK Churchill decided it was his favourite film while the American Senate decided it was mere propaganda and subpoenaed Korda to appear before them along with Chaplin and Hitchcock on the suspicion of being British agents. Also the film created a stir with the American film censor whose concern with the morals of the picture forced new dialogue to be included to reflect the couples suffering by committing adultery.

Starring: Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, Alan Mowbray, Sara Allgood, Gladys Cooper, Henry Wilcoxon, Heather Angel, Halliwell Hobbes and Gilbert Emery.

Genre: Drama