The Life of Emile Zola Gets Warner Archive Collection Blu-ray

The Warner Archive Collection recently released the first Warner Bros. Oscar-winning Best Picture, The Life of Emile Zola, on Blu-ray. What follows is my original review from 2020: The Life of Emile Zola might not be remembered like other films but the biopic gave Warner Bros. their first Best Picture in studio history. Emile Zola (Paul Muni) is a writer that takes up Captain Alfred Dreyfus’ (Joseph Schildkraut) cause after a false accusation and conviction…

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Sons of Liberty: An Oscar-Winning Short Film

Sons of Liberty is an Oscar-winning short film that tells the story of Haym Salomon, the Jewish financier of the American Revolution. It’s not often that Jewish synagogues were depicted on screen during Hollywood’s early years. The founding moguls didn’t push across their religion on screen. Even in The Life of Emile Zola, a film in which antisemitism plays a strong role, they didn’t even say Jew or Jewish at any point in the film.…

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The Sea Hawk is One of Errol Flynn’s Best Performances

The Sea Hawk reunites director Michael Curtiz and swashbuckling star Errol Flynn, resulting in one of their best collaborations together. This film might be a period adventure film but it was an allegorical film about Hitler and the need to fight back during WWII. King Philip II of Spain basically stands in for Hitler in the 1940 swashbuckler. While the film takes place in the late 1500s, one can definitely see how they use the…

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The Life of Emile Zola: Warner’s First Best Picture

The Life of Emile Zola might not be remembered like other films but the biopic gave Warner Bros. their first Best Picture in studio history. Emile Zola (Paul Muni) is a writer that takes up Captain Alfred Dreyfus’ (Joseph Schildkraut) cause after a false accusation and conviction of a crime he did not commit. Zola risks his entire career by publishing J’Accuse…! in a French paper. As a result of his involvement, Zola would later…

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