norma shearer be nominate for an academy award for her performance in this film . a very powerful role and the part be even a great challenge than the barretts of wimpole street or romeo and juliet simply because it really showcased all of her range . from girlish delight and to arch queen and dignified royal and flirt with tyrone power and then the deep love she felt for the dauphin . the scene where they take the dauphin away . and then they come for her son and shearer go from sheer disbelief that they could be so inhuman and to fight them off like a tigress and her hair and arm fly around and before they call in more guard . when she say goodbye to my baby say while we shall be together soon and know that all will perish and be nothing short of one of the most brilliant moment on screen .