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Best Art DirectionSet Decoration BlackandWhite | 1950
Budget 2,076,000 USD
Box Office Collection 2,016,000 USD
After the expensive box-office failure of The Pirate (1948), director Vincente Minnelli worked hard to cut corners on this film, fearing he might be accused of extravagance. However, he devoted a great deal of time to the ball sequence, which he regarded as the most important scene in the film; he even had composer Miklós Rózsa compose the waltz theme used in it well in advance of the start of filming.
The Breen Office opposed the film, saying that it had too many controversies and innuendo; everything from the make-up to the kissing scenes had to be slightly toned down to appease the censors.
Director Vincente Minnelli wanted Lana Turner for the role of Emma, but Turner found the script dull and flat, refusing to accept the role; she was also pregnant at the time, another reason for her turning it down. Jennifer Jones was cast instead. Turner had no regrets, later calling the film "a stinker".
The bed in one of the hotels is the boat bed from The Phantom of the Opera (1925). It was re-used for this film as well as Sunset Blvd. (1950).
Vincente Minnelli originally wanted James Mason for the role of Rodolphe, eventually played by Louis Jourdan, but Mason instead took the role of author Gustave Flaubert in the framing story.
"Emma Bovary: Do you know, Charles, why that clock strikes? To announce the death of another hour."
"Emma Bovary: Is it a crime to want things to be beautiful?"
