of her. She agrees to remain, and they ascend to the throne following the King's death. Despite Marie's attempts to continue their relationship, Fersen refuses to risk ruining her reputation and tells her to fulfill her duties as France's Queen. She goes on to give birth to daughter Marie Thérèse and son Louis Charles. Years later, when the Dauphin has grown into a young boy, peasants throw stones at Marie's carriage while taking her children for a drive. She is shocked at the intense dislike displayed by the people of France. She blames d'Orleans for inciting them. Marie later rejects a jeweller's expensive and elaborate necklace. Still, she is framed by court insiders plotting to acquire the necklace for themselves, and the Affair of the Diamond Necklace erupts. Marie is outraged, but d'Orleans tells the royal couple to abdicate the throne in favour of the Dauphin under the regency of d'Orleans. The French Revolution comes, and the royal family is taken prisoner. Fersen returns with a plan of escape, but when the Dauphin tells a guard that his father is a locksmith, the King is recognised and arrested after a former priest at Versailles identifies him. The King is put on trial and sentenced to death and spends his last night with his family, his children not realising this is the last night they will spend with their father. Marie is heartbroken but is then separated from her children, put on trial, and condemned to death. The Dauphin, too young to understand what is going on around him, is forced to testify against his mother. The night before she is executed, Fersen goes to the prison and pledges their love to each other, with Marie telling him that she will never say goodbye. The next morning she goes bravely to her execution, which Fersen witnesses from a distance. Cast Norma Shearer as Marie Antoinette Tyrone Power as Count Axel von Fersen John Barrymore as King Louis XV Robert Morley as King Louis XVI Anita Louise as Princesse de Lamballe Joseph Schildkraut as Duc d’Orléans Gladys George as Madame du Barry Henry Stephenson as Count Mercey Cora Witherspoon as Countess De Noailles Barnett Parker as Prince de Rohan Reginald Gardiner as Comte d'Artois Henry Daniell as La Motte Leonard Penn as Toulan Albert Van Dekker as Comte de Provence Alma Kruger as Empress Maria Theresa Joseph Calleia as Drouet George Meeker