Production Notes
- In March 1938, Anita Loos contacted Aldous Huxley, then recently moved to Hollywood, saying she would put him in touch with MGM for a writing contract. Madame Curie was originally to star Greta Garbo and be directed by George Cukor. MGM ultimately rejected Huxley's script for Madame Curie as "too literary".
- Mervyn LeRoy replaced Albert Lewin, who was fired shortly before production began.
- The film is heavily fictionalized for dramatic purposes and completely omits any mention of Marie's family in Paris, including her sister Bronislawa, an obstetrician, with whom she was very close. There is also virtually no mention of Marie's intense devotion to politics and the liberation / independence of her native Poland.
- Author James Hilton was the narrator for this film.
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