In This Our Life (1942)
Country: US
Technical: bw 97m
Director: John Huston
Cast: Bette Davis, Charles Coburn, Olivia de Havilland, George Brent
Synopsis:
A woman jilts her fiancé for her sister's husband, then drives him to drink. She comes back to Virginia to find her sister has got together with her ex, and won't sit still for that either.
Review:
Classic melodrama, with the performances needed to make it seem almost believable and the requisitely soupy, insinuating, portentous Max Steiner melody. Davis plays one of those monsters of egotism (named Stanley) for which she was famous, and de Havilland likewise the goodie-two-shoes; if you want a touch of the opposite, try Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte! Not exactly your typical Huston picture, but it was early days.
Country: US
Technical: bw 97m
Director: John Huston
Cast: Bette Davis, Charles Coburn, Olivia de Havilland, George Brent
Synopsis:
A woman jilts her fiancé for her sister's husband, then drives him to drink. She comes back to Virginia to find her sister has got together with her ex, and won't sit still for that either.
Review:
Classic melodrama, with the performances needed to make it seem almost believable and the requisitely soupy, insinuating, portentous Max Steiner melody. Davis plays one of those monsters of egotism (named Stanley) for which she was famous, and de Havilland likewise the goodie-two-shoes; if you want a touch of the opposite, try Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte! Not exactly your typical Huston picture, but it was early days.
Country: US
Technical: bw 97m
Director: John Huston
Cast: Bette Davis, Charles Coburn, Olivia de Havilland, George Brent
Synopsis:
A woman jilts her fiancé for her sister's husband, then drives him to drink. She comes back to Virginia to find her sister has got together with her ex, and won't sit still for that either.
Review:
Classic melodrama, with the performances needed to make it seem almost believable and the requisitely soupy, insinuating, portentous Max Steiner melody. Davis plays one of those monsters of egotism (named Stanley) for which she was famous, and de Havilland likewise the goodie-two-shoes; if you want a touch of the opposite, try Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte! Not exactly your typical Huston picture, but it was early days.