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Title: THIS is Noel Coward?
Review: Cavalcade has not aged well; it's difficult to believe this was the best picture winner of 1933. Alternately stilted and maudlin, frequently jingoistic, it hardly bears any resemblance to the witty and brittle Noel Coward we're used to. It also seems a filmed play rather than a work intended for the screen.The one thing the film has going for it is its evocation of period, but then, 1933 wasn't so very far away from the historical events depicted in the movie. The little musical hall styled vignettes seem authentic enough.This isn't a gloriously restored print but it's adequate. At times the syncing between sound and mouth movements is a little off- it's best not to watch their lips too carefully.There's a good reason this is one of only two Oscar best picture winners not released on a region 1 disc.
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