Madame DuBarry is a 1934 American historical film directed by William Dieterle and starring Dolores del Río, Reginald Owen, Victor Jory and Osgood Perkins.

However, one of his courtiers, the Duc de Richelieu, knows (as a lover or customer, it is strongly suggested) a young woman of the people, Jeanne du Barry, who is an exuberant, free-spirited soul with no agenda except having a good time.

In his October 25, 1934, review of this “ handsomely lacquered historical photoplay”, New York Times critic Andre Sennwald observed that “In the decorative and brunette person of Dolores Del Rio, la comtesse possesses all the visual glamour of a chorus girl… (failing) rather definitely to come alive on the screen as the fascinating courtesan of history… You will not discover…why she has excited the imaginations of the generations which followed her.

However, Sennwald praised much of the film, citing Owens' portrayal of the penultimate King of France in particular: “As a comical account of the lecherous Louis and his fetching mistress,… so earnest is it in its efforts to show how the turbulent wench took the French treasury for 100,000,000 livres that, although its intention is to accent her ailure, its effect is to convince the spectator that the guillotine was much too good for her… Although "Madame Du Barry" is not the definitive screen masterpiece on one of the world's most celebrated fancy ladies, it is always pleasant and sometimes it sparkles… It wears its powdered wigs and jeweled rapiers gracefully and it does not suffer from too conscientious a passion for historical truth.

While you are mentally requesting the privilege of wringing Miss Del Rio's lovely neck in some of her gushy and quixotic moments, you are also applauding Reginald Owen's excellent performance as the jaded and foolishly profligate Louis Quinze… To support Mr. Owen's priceless Louis, there are a number of excellent players, including Osgood Perkins as Richelieu and Victor Jory as d'Aiguillon—two important rôles which, by the way, are so blurred in the writing as to cause some confusion concerning their precise places in the story.”[3] The film was considered a box-office disappointment for Warner Bros.[4]