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MADAME BOVARY – Miklós Rózsa
GREATEST SCORES OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
Original Review by Craig Lysy
MGM Studios had a history of successfully adapting popular works of literature for the big screen. In that tradition, the 1857 French novel “Madame Bovary” by Gustave Flaubert was universally recognized as a classic of literature, which MGM believed merited a film presentation. The film rights were purchased, Pandro S. Berman was assigned production with a $2.076 million budget, Robert Ardey was hired to write the screenplay with instructions to maintain fidelity to the novel, and Vincente Minnelli was tasked with directing. A stellar cast was hired, including Jennifer Jones as Emma Bovary, Van Heflin as Charles Bovary, Louis Jourdan as Rodolphe Boulanger, and James Mason as Gustave Flaubert. Read more…
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