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Line 1: {{work}} {{workstub}} [[File:The Life of Emile Zola (1937 film poster).jpg\|thumb\|400px]] ~~{{Needs Image}}~~ [[MGM]] was the studio generally associated with "prestige" pictures -- those with lavish sets and costumes, often boasting literary source material. However, for '''''The Life of Emile Zola''''', the high-brow opulence is courtesy of [[Warner Bros]]., typically known for modern "ripped-from-the-headlines" stories, and the experiment in grandeur earned the studio an [[Academy Award\|Oscar]] for Best Picture and another for best screenplay. William Dieterle directed [[Paul Muni]] as French novelist [[~~w:Émile Zola\|~~Émile Zola]], who defends the falsely-accused Captain Dreyfus ([[Joseph Schildkraut]] in an Oscar-winning performance). The [[w:Dreyfus affair\|Dreyfus affair]], which was a cause célèbre of antisemitism during the latter years of the Nineteenth Century, formed an exciting climax to Zola's career as a champion of truth and liberty, and is, consequently, the dramatic highlight of this film biography. ''The Life of Emile Zola'' was added to the [[National Film Registry]] in 2000. Line 14: {{Needs More Tropes}} ~~----~~ {{reflist}} {{Academy Award Best Picture}} [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:Films of the 1930s]] [[Category:Historical ~~Fiction~~Films]] [[Category:National Film Registry]] [[Category:Pages Original to All The Tropes]] [[Category:Film]] [[Category:The Full Name Adventures]] {{DEFAULTSORT:Life of Emile Zola, The}}