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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;willieboyd2, post: 2873682, member: 4910&quot;]The 1938 MGM film &quot;Marie Antoinette&quot; is loosely based on the life of 18th century French queen.</p><p><br /></p><p>Actress Norma Shearer plays Marie Antoinette and Robert Morley plays her husband, the Dauphin (crown prince) of France and later King Louis XVI.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most of the events in the film take place after the start of the French Revolution in 1789.</p><p><br /></p><p>Revolutionary soldiers use a gold coin with the king&#039;s portrait to identify and arrest him.</p><p><br /></p><p>Marie Antoinette was born in Austria in 1755, married in 1770 at the age of fourteen, and became queen of France in 1774 at the death of her father-in-law, King Louis XV.</p><p><br /></p><p>During the revolution, the king, queen, and their two children flee France for Austria in a coach.</p><p><br /></p><p>The are stopped by revolutionary soldiers and are charged a 20 franc &quot;tax&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Louis gives the soldiers a gold coin and they are allowed to pass.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_movie_marieantoinette_coin.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_movie_marieantoinette_louis.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>The coin with the king&#039;s portrait and Robert Morley as the king</p><p><br /></p><p>This prop coin with the portrait of actor Robert Morley was specially made for the film.</p><p><br /></p><p>An actual coin of Louis XVI looks somewhat different.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_france_louisdor1_1786.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>France Louis d&#039;or of Louis XVI 1786</p><p>Gold, 24mm, 7.64gm</p><p><br /></p><p>The Louis d&#039;or was the general gold coin of the period, it&#039;s name meant Louis of Gold.</p><p><br /></p><p>Later, two officials examine the gold coin and notice that the man in the coach looks like the portrait on the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>They send some soldiers ahead to intercept the coach and arrest the family.</p><p><br /></p><p>The film does not have a happy ending.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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