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Best Performances of the Month July | 1939 | Bette
Best Actor in a Supporting Role | 1940
Because the film shows many of Maximilian's generals to be Mexican, many viewers attribute it to typical Hollywood historical distortions. It is, however, indeed accurate. It's a little-known fact that, although Maximilian was eventually overthrown and executed by Mexican revolutionaries, there were actually more Mexicans fighting on Maximilian's side than against him. This was due in large part to the Catholic Church's strong support of the French occupation of Mexico and its "encouraging" Mexican Catholics to fight against the revolutionary forces by joining Maximilian's army, which they did in large numbers.
Extensive research was done to provide accuracy. The writers had a bibliography of 372 books. Art director Anton Grot made 3,643 sketches from which 7,360 blueprints were prepared for exterior and interior settings. A complete Mexican village was built on the Warner Bros. ranch in the San Fernando Valley.
Bette Davis and John Garfield's roles were originally intended for Dolores del Rio and Anthony Quinn.
Benito Juarez was only 4ft 6ins tall (1.37 m).
According to Brian Aherne, the film was to have been called 'Phantom Crown,' after the novel by Bertita Harding which was one of the sources for the script. However, Muni had a clause in his contract that permitted him to insist that the name of his character appear in the title.
"Emperor Louis Napoleon III: Democracy! Government of the cattle, by the cattle, for the cattle!"
"Emperor Maximilian von Hapsburg: [as he is being led to his execution by firing squad] "Distribute this money among your men and tell them to aim for my heart.""
