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Cavalcade

Movie · 1933 · 110 min

A sweeping, stately march through decades of family life, where private joys and losses unfold against the drumbeat of history, leaving a lingering ache.

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1933 film by Frank Lloyd
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Class
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Year
1933
Runtime
110 min
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • grief
  • class
  • war
  • memory
Places
  • big city
  • home
  • sea
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour3
Realism7
Romance5
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

Details

Genres
drama, war
Directed by
Frank Lloyd
Written by
Reginald Berkeley
Starring
Betty Grable, Bonita Granville, Diana Wynyard, Margaret Lindsay, Una O'Connor, Clive Brook, Billy Bevan, Doug Scott
Cinematography
Ernest Palmer
Runtime
110 min
Country
United States
Languages
English

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