Synopsis
One of cinema’s most dashing duos, real-life spouses Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier live their greatest on-screen romance in this visually dazzling tragic love story from legendary producer-director Alexander Korda. Set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars of the late eighteenth century, That Hamilton Woman is a gripping account of the scandalous adulterous affair between the British Royal Navy officer Lord Horatio Nelson and the renowned beauty Emma, Lady Hamilton, the wife of a British ambassador. With its grandly designed sea battles and formidable star performances, That Hamilton Woman (Winston Churchill’s favorite movie, which he claimed to have seen over eighty times) brings history to vivid, glamorous life.
Cast
| Emma Lady Hamilton | Vivien Leigh |
| Lord Horatio Nelson | Laurence Olivier |
| Sir William Hamilton | Alan Mowbray |
| Mrs. Cadogan-Lyon | Sara Allgood |
| Lady Frances Nelson | Gladys Cooper |
| Captain Hardy | Henry Wilcoxon |
| Rev. Nelson | Halliwell Hobbes |
Credits
| Director | Alexander Korda |
| Producer | Alexander Korda |
| Original screenplay | Walter Reisch and R. C. Sherriff |
| Production Design | Vincent Korda |
| Cinematography | Rudolph Maté |
| Music | Miklós Rózsa |
| Sound | William H. Wilmarth |
| Special effects | Lawrence Butler |
| Production manager | Raymond A. Klune |
| Art director | Lyle Reynolds Wheeler |
| Special sequences photographed by | Edward Linden and A.S.C. |
| Costume designer | René Hubert |
| Interior decorator | Julia Heron |
| Assistant director | Walter Mayo |
| Supervising film editor | William Hornbeck |
| Makeup artist | Blagoe Stephanoff |
Disc Features
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer
- Audio commentary featuring noted film historian Ian Christie
- New video interview with author and editor Michael Korda, Alexander’s nephew, who discusses growing up in the Korda family and the making of That Hamilton Woman
- Theatrical trailer
- Alexander Korda Presents, a 1941 promotional radio piece for the film
- PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film critic Molly Haskell
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Sep 11, 2009
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