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In This Our Life [DVD] DVD – DVD

by Bette Davis (Actor), Olivia de Havilland (Actor), George Brent (Actor),

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A neurotic Southern steals her sister's husband then vies with her for another man.

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5.5 x 0.5 x 7.5 inches
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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00170DEAA
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.5 x 7.5 inches

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Susie

Fantastic

Reviewed in the United States on October 5, 2023

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I really didn’t remember how good this movie was! Thanks for making it available.

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Vincent T. Lynch

Superb film that portrays racism of the era quite well

Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2013

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Although not one of Betty Davis' most well-known pics, I think it is one of her best...although make no mistake, she's not very likable here.

Watching the film inspired me to read the novel -- a 1941 Pulitzer Prize-winner by Ellen Glasgow. The book is excellent, as well, although not a fast read...reminds me a bit of the detail of Margaret Mitchell in the book "Gone With The Wind". The book includes a full story line not covered in the film (the father's other life).

Here, in the film, the spotlight is on the spoiled Bette Davis character, who is engaged, then marries her sister's beau...only to drive him to suicide. Meanwhile, the sister (ably played by Olivia deHavilland) falls in love with Davis' former fiance. But then Davis comes back into the mix. Meanwhile, Davis kills a mother and daughter by racing through the town, and then casts the blame on a young Black man aspiring to be a lawyer, but who also does odd jobs for the family. Raoul Walsh was the director, and I give him high marks. Interestingly, the film was disapproved for foreign release by the censors because it dealt frankly with racial discrimination.

A+ for a nasty Bette Davis. A for a pure, but jaded Olivia de Havilland. George Brent is fine for the jilted fiance, though a bit old for the part. Dennis Morgan good in a straight dramatic turn as the man Davis runs away with. Frank Craven -- a wonderful character actor -- is terrific as the father...perhaps his very best role. Billie Burke is repulsive as the hypochondriac mother...makes you want to strangle her (a feeling I have in most movies I see her in). Charles Coburn is wonderful as the lustful uncle -- although again, not a likable character at all; the role is more much lascivious than in the novel. Ernest Anderson is wonderful as the young Black man. Hattie McDaniel is around as his mother, but it's a step down from her pioneering role in "Gone With The Wind" just 3 years earlier.

The novel takes place somewhere around 1940 near Richmond. I already mentioned a similar style to "GWTW", but i also reminds me a bit of a Lillian Hellman type story.

Excellent; highly recommended.

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Christofer Sands

Classic Bette Davis

Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2023

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Terrific film with a great story and Bette Davis at her most imperious bitchyness! Olivia deHavilland is wonderful playing the martyr sister.

Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2013

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I love Film Noir; that is the old black and white movies that had well thought out story lines and some of the finest movie directors and actors/actresses of that period-1940-1950.

"In This Our Life" the title does not say much about the movie, but don't let the title fool you. I thoroughly enjoyed it even though it is a bittersweet movie that centers on Stanley Timberlake (Bette Davis). Stanley as an adult is spoiled rotten. She cares about no one but herself. She is selfishly consumed by her own desires and no one elses, so much so that she has cleverly charmed her way into heart of Peter Kingsmill (Dennis Morgan) the husband of her sister Ron Timberlake. I guess their father wanted sons but instead got daughters who he gave what are commonly thought of as male names.

Ron (Olivia DeHavilland) gives a very touching performance as the wife of Peter who suddenly, without any warning runs off with her sister Stanley and later divorces her to marry Stanley. Ron is the complete opposite of Stanley; she is a sensitive but strong woman who loves her sister dearly and gives of herself unselfishly. Her sister Stanley thinks nothing of her and is ever ready and eager to do her wrong according to her personal desire.

Actor George Brent who plays lawyer Craig Fleming also shares a memorable part in this movie as the victim of Stanley's sudden rejection and abandonment of him for Peter, her sister's husband. I love the way George Brent inflects emotion into his role just by the use of words-he knows just when to use his voice to highlight an emotion. This movie weaves through a series of tragic events that show just how far Stanley (Bette Davis) will go to get what she wants at any cost. The movie terminates in an awful accident that will touch your heart.

There are other notable performances by Charles Coburn (William Fitzroy, who has helped to spoil Stanley rotten), Billie Burke (Lavinia Timberlake, mother of Ron and Stanley), Frank Craven (Asa Timberlake, father of Ron and Stanley), Hattie McDaniel (Minerva Clay) and Ernest Anderson (Parry Clay) all who fall victim to Stanley's final meltdown.

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Thomas Clancy

Excellent minor Bette Davis film

Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2021

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I bought this dvd because, yes, I thought it contained a background scene in a bar that featured most of the cast of The Maltese Falcon (because this is directed by John Huston, as that classic was). Yes, I saw that "rumor" (as it turns out) on iMDB.com, and fell for it. Surprisingly, this dvd has an entertaining audio commentary, which clarifies that the rumor claim is pure fantasy. Of interest, though, is that the actress who plays Bogart's secretary and the actor who plays Capt. Jacoby (John Huston's father Walter) in The Maltese Falcon ARE both in this film. Also, the film is a GREAT Bette Davis vehicle, IMO, even though she apparently hated herself in this film and would have destroyed every copy if she could have. But I liked it.

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