The Divine Lady

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The story of the romance between Emma, Lady Hamilton, and British war hero Admiral Horatio Nelson.The story of the romance between Emma, Lady Hamilton, and British war hero Admiral Horatio Nelson.The story of the romance between Emma, Lady Hamilton, and British war hero Admiral Horatio Nelson.

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6.2/10

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Won 1 Oscar
- 2 wins & 2 nominations total

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Trivia
With this film, Frank Lloyd became one of only two directors to win the best director Oscar without their movie also being nominated for best picture. The only other film to win a directing Oscar without a best picture nomination was Two Arabian Knights (1927), which won the only Oscar ever given for Comedy Direction to Lewis Milestone. Both Lloyd and Milestone won additional best director Oscars for directing best picture winners, Lloyd for Cavalcade (1933) and Milestone for All Quiet on the Western Front (1930).

Goofs
Sir William informs Queen Maria Carolina that England has declared war on France and that her sister Queen Marie Antoinette has been killed simultaneously. In reality, the Queen was killed ten years before England's declaration of war.

Quotes
Honorable Charles Greville: [about Emma] I am sorry to lose a good cook, but I will not tolerate a brazen hussy.

Connections
Remade as That Hamilton Woman (1941)

Soundtracks
Lady Divine
(1928)
Music by Nathaniel Shilkret
Lyrics by Richard Kountz
Played during the opening credits and sung offscreen by an unidentified singer
In the score often as the love theme
Reprised at the end by an unidentified singer offscreen

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8/10

Frank Lloyd was the 1928-29 Best Director Oscar winner

I finally was able to see this early Oscar silent winner: Frank Lloyd was the 1928-29 Best Director Oscar winner. The occasion for showing film was that TCM is honoring Marie Dressler in a series of her movies, and she had a small humorous role in this film.

This movie is based on the semi-true story by E. Barrington. It centers on the affair between Emma, Lady Hamilton and the British naval hero, Admiral Horatio Nelson, during the Napoleonic Wars. Both were married to other spouses at the time of their affair.

The same general story was later made into the 1941 Kora-directed movie, That Hamilton Woman (1941) with Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier as the two main characters.