Juarez (1939)

USA, 132 min
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Basic facts

Original title Juarez
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Original work
Production country
  • USA
Production company
Classification Allowed from age 15
Dialogue
  • English
  • Spanish
Swedish release 1939-10-16

Cast

Paul Muni
Benito Juarez

Bette Davis
kejsarinnan Carlota von Habsburg

Brian Aherne
kejsar Maximilian von Habsburg

Claude Rains
kejsar Louis Napoleon III

John Garfield
general Porfirio Diaz

Donald Crisp
generalmarskalk Achille Bazaine

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Titles

Original title
  • Juarez
Swedish release title
  • Frihetshjälten Juarez
Working title
  • Maximilian and Carlotta
  • The Phantom Crown

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Director of Photography
Music
Production Designer
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Assistant Director
Technical Advisor
Dialogue Coach
Executive Producer
Associate Producer
Unit Manager
Camera Operator
Still Photographer
Assistant Cameraman
Gaffer
Best Boy
Key Grip
Conductor
Orchestration
Assistant Production Designer
Propman
Assistant Property Master
Costume Designer
Make-up Supervisor
Hair Stylist
Wardrobe
Assistant Film Editor
Boom Operator

Cast

Paul Muni Benito Juarez
Bette Davis kejsarinnan Carlota von Habsburg
Brian Aherne kejsar Maximilian von Habsburg
Claude Rains kejsar Louis Napoleon III
John Garfield general Porfirio Diaz
Donald Crisp generalmarskalk Achille Bazaine
Joseph Calleia Alejandro Uradi
Gale Sondergaard kejsarinnan Eugenie
Gilbert Roland överste Miguel Lopez
Henry O'Neill general Miguel Miramon
Harry Davenport dr Samuel Basch
Louis Calhern LeMarc
Walter Kingsford prins Richard Metternich
Georgia Caine grevinnan Battenberg
Montagu Love Jose de Montares
John Miljan general Mariano Escobedo
Vladimir Sokoloff Cancilio
Irving Pichel general Carabajal
Pedro de Cordoba Riva Palacio
Gilbert Emery ambassadör (bortklippt i den slutliga filmen)
Monte Blue Lerdo de Tajada
Manuel Díaz Pepe, Cancilios son
Hugh Sothern John Bigelow
Mickey Kuhn kronprins Augustin Iturbide
Billy Wilkerson (as Bill Wilkerson) general Tomas Mejia
Martin Garralaga general Negroni
Frank Lackteen Manuel, kusken
- Ej krediterade:
Egon Brecher baron von Magnus
Gennaro Curci señor de Leon
Carlos De Valdez skräddare
Walter S. Fenner Achille Fould
Holmes Herbert Marshall Randon
Stuart Holmes soldat med brev till Maximilian
Noble Johnson general Regules
Alexander Leftwich Drouyn de Lhuys
Fred Malatesta señor Salas
Lillian Nicholson Josefa Iturbide, kronprins Augustins mor
Pedro Regas Antonio Regales
Frank Reicher duc de Morny
Walter O. Stahl señor del Valle
Robert Warwick major Du Pont
Douglas Wood Mr. Hartman
Dewey Robinson soldat som samlar in namnunderskrifter
Claire Du Brey kvinna
Paul Porcasi stadsfullmäktig i möte med Maximilian
Claudia Dell
Robert Frazer
Guy Bates Post
Jason Robards Sr.
Michael Visaroff
William Edmunds italiensk minister (bortklippt i den slutliga filmen)
Charles Halton Mr. Roberts (bortklippt i den slutliga filmen)
Frank Mayo Fould (bortklippt i den slutliga filmen)
Francis McDonald Le Marc, kreol (bortklippt i den slutliga filmen)
Charles Middleton Carbajal (bortklippt i den slutliga filmen)
Grant Mitchell Mr. Harris (bortklippt i den slutliga filmen)

Companies

Production Company Warner Bros. Pictures Inc.
Copyright Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. 1939-06-10 LP8903
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) Film AB Warner Bros.-First National 1939

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 60038
Date 1939-09-02
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 3246 meters
Notes Aktlängder: 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0.


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 1.37:1
Sound type Sound
Sound system RCA Victor "High Fidelity" Sound System
Colour type Black and white
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 24
Length in minutes 132 min
Reels 13 reels


Original work

Original title Phantom Crown: The Story of Maximilian & Carlotta of Mexico (Novel)
Author Bertita Leonarz de Harding


Original title Juarez und Maximilian (Play)
Author Franz Werfel


Production location

1938-11 1939-02-08
Warner Brothers Burbank Studios, 4000 Warner Boulevard Burbank, Kalifornien USA (ateljé)
Calabasas, Kalifornien USA (Mexico City)
Warner Ranch Calabasas, Kalifornien USA
Juarez, Mexico City Mexico

Release dates

First showing 1939-04-24 Hollywood Theatre New York City, New York USA 125 min
Other showing 1939-06-10 USA (US release)
Release in Sweden 1939-10-16 Riviera Stockholm Sweden 119 min
TV showing 1962-05-03 TV Sweden
Cinematheque screening, archive copy 2008-08-16
2008-08-24

Soundtrack listing

Original title My Country 'Tis of Thee
Lyrics Samuel Francis Smith (1831)


Original title The Battle Hymn of the Republic
Composer William Steffe (osäker uppgift)
Lyrics Julia Ward Howe (1862)


Original title La paloma
Composer Sebastián Yradier (1859)
Lyrics Sebastián Yradier (spansk text 1859)
Ernst Wallmark (svensk text)


Holdings Film

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Element type Print
Carrier type 35 mm


Element type Duplicate negative
Carrier type 35 mm


Holdings Posters

Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 1


Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Holdings Stills

Black and white print SET
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck


Type Program folio


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