CLASSIC MOVIE REVIEW: Bette Davis 🦊 THE LITTLE FOXES - STEVE HAYES: Tired Old Queen at the Movies
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CLASSIC MOVIE REVIEW: Things get hot on the old plantation when Bette Davis squares off with everything and everybody to get to what she wants in William Wyler's adaptation of Lillian Hellman's drama of greed in the turn of the century south THE LITTLE FOXES (1941). Shot in full period splendor at Samuel Goldwyn studios during one of the hottest heat waves to hit California in decades, "The Little Foxes" was a troubled shoot from the get-go. Bette Davis and William Wyler fought incessantly over her interpretation of Regina, the lead character, which had been immortalized on stage by Davis' rival Tallulah Bankhead. The heat, along with the frayed nerves, the heavy costumes and the long waits for Cinematographer Gregg Toland to set up intricate shots drove Davis to walk off the set, the production into delays and the tempers into high gear. Wyler vowed he'd never work with Davis again. Yet, despite the problems, the film proved to be a spectacular achievement. Most of the Broadway cast was brought out for the production and all had lucrative film careers after the picture's release. For her part, Davis received her fifth nomination for Best Actress and should have won over eventual winner Joan Fontaine. But the troubles on the "Foxes" set combined with her resignation as president of the Academy had made her too unpopular and although the production itself received numerous nominations, it took home nothing. STEVE HAYES: Tired Old Queen at the Movies
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Steve is so right - This pic is one of Davis' masterpieces - don't miss this one, people!
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The scene where Regina sits back and watches her husband die demonstrates what the craft of acting is. Bette Davis just uses the expression on her face and in her eyes to convey her emotions - without saying a word. I cannot even think of any actress today (2018) who can do that. I loved Bette in this movie and the rest of the cast was almost as brilliant as she was. Bravo!!!
She was one of the greatest FILM actresses of all time. She knew what to do with her face, her hands, her shoulders, how to walk down a staircase, how to pick something up and put it down etc. etc. etc. In her prime she had a kind of impeccable 'film sense' that is unmatched.
I agree!!
I always felt she should have won for this one.
@poetcomic1 :: You hit the nail ! It wasn't just Davis. She was of course unique. I'm talking about actresses being trained in how to descend staircases ; how to walk ; how to open a door and walk into a room ; how to hold a champagne glass ...
The actresses today don't have those technical skills, except Sigourney Weaver ("Dave"). Kevin Beacon from the male side.
I have to stop here to avoid making a complete fool of myself ... but check-out _Elephant Walk_ and _Cat._
@@STEVEHAYESTOQ :: Who won instead ?
This is, in my humble opinion, the greatest performance Bette Davis ever gave on the screen. Thanks for reminding me!
It's certainly one of 'em.
Ironically, because of Regina's relationship with her husband, it comes from the Song of Solomon, 2:15. "Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes."
Thank you Steve, this is one of the greatest films- Bette Davis and William Wyler directing! Patricia Collinge is outstanding-
everyone is !
It's amazing!
Another Wyler achievement. Brilliant in every way. Perhaps my favorite Bette Davis film along with 1939's "The Old Maid". Steve can you possibly give a critique on the latter? It's certainly worthy of rediscovery.
Brilliant movie. Bette is superb!
I love this movie! So brilliant. I also love Carol Burnett's "Little Foxies" parody with Roddy McDowall. It's too funny.
Lillian Hellman in interviews, when speaking about this film, always mentioned that Birdie was the character people so often pitied, and clearly remembered..Collinge was superb.
She was extraordinairy.
Russian director Sergei Eisenstein had numerous private showings of Wyler's The Little Foxes. he adored the movie. His favorite scene was with the father and son shaving with the two mirrors.
Brilliant with Gregg Toland's landmark cinematography.
You imitations are so on point .... hilarious! Your voices are incredible! It’s a big part of what I enjoy your videos so much. ❤️👍
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I just love that line, "... oh, no, you couldn't!" Can't wait to see this one.
dan Duryea, made a career out of playin weasels of various types. He was a wonderful actor and did the original Broadway production.
I watched this last night for the first time and loved it. Then I read a bit about it on Wikipedia and learned that it was the first film to set an unfortunate record - 9 Oscar nominations and not a single win. (This record has since been broken by The Turning Point and The Color Purple - each with 11 noms and no wins.)
Unfortuately, the Oscar seldom get it right. Thanks so much for watching. Don't forget to subscribe and please push the "Like" button. Have a lovely day, And please, Stay SAFE. Best; Steve
What? Such a timeless film with a cast of superb players headed by Davis.
One of my favorite Bette Davis movies,she's on fire here,cold blooded and her brothers are worse,classic Bette, the actress who played Birdie was great also!!
Patricia Colline had done the original Broadway production with Tallulah Bankhead.
@SandViolet Absolutely! Patricia Collinge breaks my heart every time. She makes the pain SO real!
She's also good in Hitchcock's "Shadow Of A Doubt" a year or so later.
Yes, she is wonderful in this movie. It was a great part for any actress, especially one with he skill. I saw "The Little Foxes" on stage in 1981, with Elizabeth Taylor as Regina (hers was a fairly mediocre performance, but she WAS Elizabeth Taylor, so it was awesome), but the part of Birdie was played by Maureen Stapleton, and she just totally broke my heart. To this day I can't forget that performance. One of the greatest I've ever seen.
Steve, youre impressions are incredible! Ive seen a lot of these reviews and i am just very blown away by them!
Awwww, that's so nice of you to say so. I don't really think about them very much, I get caught up in whatever movie I'm talking about and they magically appear. LOL! Steve
An underrated movie imo. When I first saw this many years ago I was amazed at Bette Davis’ performance and really all the actors. A good story and evil villainess - what more could you want.
For me...nothing more needed. This is definitely one of her towering performances.
Hands down, my favorite Bette Davis film.
One of mine. I love all hree she did with Wyler.
I share your enthusiasm for this fabulous classic! But I’m sad that you left out my favorite part - the romance between Richard Carlson and Teresa Wright! That part was so popular that a sequel was planned. I don’t know yet why that didn’t end up happening. I’m looking into it!
That scene with Marshall desperately trying to climb the stairs ( Wyler had to use a double for Marshall crawling up the stairs because he had a prosthetic leg having lost it in WWI) to get to another bottle of his medicine , and Bette just absolutely frozen in that chair. Someone else reviewing this film said her face looked like a mask( I think that was done on purpose) unnaturally white and expressionless. Oohh ! It still gives be chills when I see it today! Her character was just the definition of Machiavellian malevolence!
Wyler fought against her make-up throughout the filming, but just as she did later in "Baby Jane' she chose that white make-up to give her a kabuki like effect. Wyler said the white ghostly make-up served to de-sexualize the character and that Regina used her sex appeal, especially with her husband, to get what he wanted. He urged her to take a softer, more flitatious approach and not throw her weight around until she had to. That way, she gave the character more of an arch with someplace to go. But Davis thought she should be hard, cold and evil throughout and wouldn't budget. They fought constantly and as a result Wyler vowed he'd never work with her again and he never did.
@@STEVEHAYESTOQ Wow! I didn't know the mask-like face was her idea. I'm hard pressed to know who was right, Wyler or Davis? 🤔 I think the white face worked well for that particular death scene, but Wyler had a point for the rest of the picture.
"What's the matter, mother..are you afraid?" (Alexandra..in the concluding moments of the film, as she leaves..)
The great line.
I love this movie, and I just wish TCM had movies on demand so I could watch it more often.
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Now that I've retired one of the things that I look forward to is your weekly review, Steve. You talk about my all-time favorites with such irresistible gusto that I wish to God your reviews were a minute or two longer.
I'm so glad you spent almost a fourth of this review praising Patricia Collinge's exquisite performance; that lovable actress just tears my heart in this film. She was also just as heartbreaking in the lesser role of Joseph Cotten's sister in "Shadow of a Doubt".
Yes. She didn't make naerly enough films. Look for her as the bitter mother in "Teresa" with Pier Angeli and John Erikson. Arel deparure for her. She was so maen and jealous of her son's war bride.
Oh how wonderful. Another one to put on my list. Thank you, Bunny! xoxo
I just love this webseries! So many wonderful recommendations and I love the facts and tidbits you share. I've watched Stage Door, The Big Clock, and Born Yesterday this week alone. Keep them coming!
I will if you'll keep watching! I'm thrilled!
@jemmy
Thanks for the response.
"Catch the foxes for us, the little foxes that spoil the vineyards, for our vineyards are in blossom." from the Song of Solomon
Where is her Oscar for this one??? Criminal, just criminal!!!
I TOALLY agree Darwin! Criminal! Thanks for watching! Hope you subscribe and stay SAFE! Best wishes; Steve
thanks for the review, Steve. watched this movie today for the second time after more than 10 years. would watch it endless times for its artistry and great drama. my favorite scene, that gets me always, is Birdie´s tell all scene. so heartbreaking and authentic.
Heartbreaking. Well, she'd had loys of practice, having done the Brooadway production with Tallulah Bankhead. and she not only survived, but more than held her own with both Bette AND Tallulah! No mean feat!I love this film! Thanks so much!! So delghted you watch! Do you subscribe? If not, PLEASE do!
@@STEVEHAYESTOQ sure did, right after I finished watching your review.
@@luisferr2001 HOORAY!!! Thank you , Luis! Take care and be SAFE! OXOX
Thank you so much for doing this!
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Love your reviews....Great and Entertaining! ahh so cliche'- Betty davis!
Absolutely my Favorite Bette Davis film ... well except for "What ... oh, never mind. This has got to be where Bette Davis Eyes song comes from - thanks for not spoiling it for those who don't know .. Best to Johnny!
I love this movie, but my favorite movie about rich people is "the Magnificent Ambersons!"
Adore this movie!!! One of my absolute favorite Bette roles.
Mine too! I love the three movies she made with Willie Wyler! Thanks for watching! Steve
Wonderful review Steve, yet again you have proved that you are a absolute star!
You make me blush! LOL!
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She's amazingly evil here. Love this movie. Watch it often 😊
One of her greatest. A role tailor made for her.
I stayed at Lillian’s house on Martha’s Vineyard when her friend & biographer Peter lived there. Very nice experience. Beautiful home.
I read his book on her. It was a real eye opener. What a cantankerous old woman! But a brilliant writer.
I love this movie! Bette Davis was amazing in it! Thanks for reminding me to dust off my copy and watch again!
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The infamous scene where Regina sits rigidly in her chair while her husband dies struggling up the stairs was due to William Wyler. Bette had, as usual, whipped out her legal size yellow pad and pencil and insisted she have more dialogue. He told her to put away that 'damn yellow pad' and snapped the pencil in two and told her to do the scene as he wanted it. Later, as they watched the dailies together she turned to him and said 'You were absolutely right.' This was the story she told to Dick Cavett. She said that Wyler was the only director she trusted and he was always right.
But she didn't trust him enough not to make him miserable throughout the shooting and after the hell she put him through with "Little Foxes", he vowed never to work with her again and he never did, much to her dismay. She often shot herself in the foot and this instance was one of those times. So stupid.
Brillant! I am convinced Bette never gave a bad performance in her career... and poor Herbert Marshall always seemed to get it in the end! Also love love love Teresa Wright, it's a shame she is not more remembered. Thanks again Steve for a spot on review!
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I just pushed the "like". This is her greatest, in my opinion. The Anniversary was second.
Thanks! I hope you subscribe, so I can bring you another classic each month.
Neat to see Theresa Wright and Patricia Collinge play mother and daughter again in Shadow Of A Doubt.
Such sensitivity from both of them. Two lovely acresses. Thanks so much for watching! Best; Steve
Bette Davis looks like Lady Tremaine ( The Stepmother in Disney's Cinderella)
I've always thought the wicked stepmother was based on "Little Foxes" Bette Davis!
@@smichelle65 Could be.
This is raw savagery and so far ahead of its time. When poor Patricia Collinge is slapped so hard it speaks of a world of abuse, and you're in a time where Bette Davis is monstrous in order to survive. I can't begin to imagine how the audience reacted when this was first shown. Lillian Hellman wrote the original play and tackled subjects not dealt with before.
Every actress today owes Bette recognition. She was the supreme game changer. Never afraid to tackle the nastiest of characters and make them so alive that, although you may not have liked them, you understood their motivations. When it comes to Bette Davis, there aren't enough accolades.
for some reason this didn't show up in my subscription box!! but luckily, i follow you on twitter and facebook also, so i knew about this upload! once again, you've reviewed one of my favorite go-to old movies; i'm a huge lillian hellman fan (lots of good bios out there, for fellow readers - her autobiographical books are masterpieces, but not to be taken seriously as factual accounts!) and of course a huge bette davis fan. and this is an example of bette at her nastiest! thx steve - jonathan L
Thank you. I love Hellman tto and re-read her auto-bios almost every year.
thank you Steve!
Our mutual friend, Rob D, sent me a link to your podcasts when I mentioned I'd just seen Jezebel. Loved your fun insights and illuminating clips. And now this came up. Didn't realize it was also a Wyler directed film. Did you catch the introduction that Wyler's son gave to Jezebel on TCM? It was super informative about his father's contribution to directing and how well he worked with Bette Davis, bringing out her excellence albeit combatively. And at the end Mankiewicz said they'd had an affair. Can't wait to see Little Foxes!
I think youll love "the Little Foxeses". I believe her three with Wyler: , "Jezebel,. " The Letter" and "The Little Foxes", are, with the exception of "AllAbout Eve", her greatest roles. They were co=-wrkers, lovers and they often fought like tigers, especially during the making of "Foxes", with Wyler bowing afterwards he'd never work with her again, but like John Wayne & John Ford, Gary Cooper and Howard Hawks, Hepburn and Cukor, Bogart and Huston, Errol Flynn and Michael Curtiz, they had that magical spark that raised their work together above all the others. Thanks for watching and I hope you subscribe. Best Wishes; Steve
@@STEVEHAYESTOQ Yes, I did after watching the first one that Rob Donahue sent me: Are you still making them? I see that the 100th episode was 10 years ago. If not, what would it take to get you back in the saddle?
@@xocanad I"m still doing them! My latesr is "It Should Happen To You" ('54) starring Judy Holliday and Jack Lemmon. So glad to have you on board. Made my day! Hooray!!!! Go to y YoiuTube channel and you'll see all my episodes.
Good review. I notice the majority of comments here praising Bette Davis - and nothing wrong with that; she may be the greatest actress who ever lived. But I always have to draw the attention to Herbert Marshall, so wise , sympathetic, and utterly domed here. Greatest performance he ever gave, and he absolutely should have been nominated for Best Actor.
I totally agree. Marshall never got his just rewards and he did it all while working with an amputated leg, which he got in WWI. Subtle here and wonderfully villainess in "Foreign Corrospondent" and as the beleagured husband in "The Letter" once again with Davis and all made around the same time. I later loved him as Somerset Maugham in "The Razor's Edge". Re,arkable actor! Happy New Year! Steve
@@STEVEHAYESTOQ He was underappreciated, for sure. I love all the films you mentioned, all are excellent. As for "The Razor's Edge", that's actually the other movie I thought he should have been nominated for. His turn as Somerset Maugham was Best Supporting Actor-worthy. Clifton Webb was really good in that too. Thanks for the reply, happy new year to you as well!
Steve is Magnificent.
Bette was Great in this film and other old films.
But, as she got older - she became High Camp.
Dead Ringer is Totally Camp. But, Mesmerizing.
Yup. No matter what the vehicle, you can't take your eyes off her...which ws exactly what she intended. Thanks for watching! Steve
You are wonderful!!!!
Thanks, Bri!
your impersonations are hysterical!
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perfection
Your taste in film is impeccable sir! This is my favorite Bette Davis drama, a perfect example of actor meeting material (but I WOULD have loved to see Tallulah Bankhead do it). Have you reviewed "The Man Who Came to Dinner"? I can't find it in your catalog. She proved she could shine even in a supporting role. And while we're on the topic of Monty Woolley (see what I did there?), have you looked at "Since You Went Away" with Claudette Colbert, Jennifer Jones, Shirley Temple, Joseph Cotten, Agnes Moorehead and Monty Woolley?
Wow, I need a neck brace for those segues! LOL! Yes, both are on my "To Do" lists! Thanks for the suggestions & for watching! Steve
Oh! And I watched Niagra and His Girl Friday last week. Thanks!
Hooray!
p.s. to my prior comment - agree wholeheartedly with the previous commenter who said teresa wright deserves her due: she's one of my favorite all-time actresses, especially in the best years of our lives - which, by the way, steve, i'd love for you to review, if you haven't already - i think she's one of the sadly forgotten great actresses of the 40s. love to you, steve hayes - you are FABULOUS!!! (and i don't pull out CAPS for just anyone!!) - love, jonathan locke
Many, many thanks! Don't pull out caps, yur dentist will kill you!
You didn't mention the Broadway revival with Liz Taylor and Richard Burton !
One of my very favorites! Thanks for giving it the TOQ treatment. Wished you'd spoken a bit about RIchard Carlson --such a hottie!-- but you can't have everything in 4 minutes and 33 seconds. : )
He's in "Creature From the Blacl Lagoon". How's that?
@@STEVEHAYESTOQ Ha-ha! Perfect. Hope all is well, good sir!
Theresa Wright- in this
movie- THE BEST⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
She's lovely and always so honest.
Theresa Wright credits Bette Davis for working with her during this movie.
Second only to All About Eve!! You are magnificent!!
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Steve, I need to hear your take on "Dragonwyck"! Also (and I apologize for the heresy) I'd love to hear you do a "new" movie, like something from the 60's maybe? Please? Love ya!
"Dragonwyck" is lovely to look at, but I coud never buy Vincent Price as a romantic leading man. Tierney is gorgeous and does a great job. IT tries to be in the "Jane Eyre"/"Rebecca" mold, bu the material lets it down.
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I came to this movie after having seen the opera version ("Regina" by Marc Blitzstein). All characterizations, so far as I remember, were the same. I forgot: does the daughter leave with Birdie, or is she still stuck?
She leaves, but Birdie is still stuck with Oscar.
@@STEVEHAYESTOQ Thank you. I'm sorry for Birdie. And the maid, whom I didn't ask about. She seemed to be a great help to Alexandra and sometimes Birdie.
#SteveHayes LOVE your reviews. Especially Bette Davis movies. Have you done Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
Nope.
Steve I love how your enthusiasm and love for films and movie stars just exudes from your pores !.... but i have got to ask you ...are there any stars that you really don't like and why ? Would really love to know who leaves you cold !
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Davis was criticized for copying Bankhead’s stage performance, and if she did, it was the right thing to do. It is a brilliant characterization and, if it is copied, it gives you a sense of what the great Tallulah Bankhead may have been like on the stage, as she never seemed comfortable with the camera. This picture makes a lot more sense and packs more punch if you see “Another Part of the Forest,” which Hellman wrote as a prequel to explain how these vicious, terrible people got to be the way they are.
Love your reviews and humor! Why is it called "Little Foxes"?
Quote from the bible.
Bette Davis is the most accomplished actress ever filmed!
Few could match her.
The family Regina comes from are the Hubbards. Giddens is her married name.
I'll keep that in mind.
Hahaha. Perfect queen reply. @@STEVEHAYESTOQ
I played Oscar in acommunity college production of The Little Foxes. If I were Oscar I would have confronted Regina for trying to blackmailme. I think Regina should have feared him knowing how he treated Birdie. She too would get slapped across the face!!!!!!!
I played Ben in college. I always thought he knew how to handle Regina, simply bide his time, hold on to his secrets and play his cards when he knew he had a winning hand. Wonderful characters.
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I'm so glad! I love those all girl pictures, don't you?
Hi Steve,
As I didn't see a review of "The Man Who Came to Dinner" (starring Monty Wooley, Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, Jimmy Durante and one of my favorite character actresses, Mary Wickes) on your RUclips channel, I thought I would make a suggestion to you to review that film sometime, when you have some spare moments. Frankly, I am surprised you hadn't already done so, as you seem to review most classic films which star the best-known actors and actresses in cinema, of which Miss Davis certainly qualifies.
And I figured it would be a good place to send you a message on a RUclips page (such as right here) of another Bette Davis film, since there is no longer a link to send private messages on RUclips. I don't like to use social networking sites such as Facebook and Google+. But I have been registered on RUclips since before Google purchased this site. And I like it that one may always edit and delete one's comments if one chooses.
I have actually been looking for a source for film reviews since the deaths of Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert. And while "Tired Old Queen at the Movies" doesn't review brand new films, you certainly do provide a lot of fun in your campy and offbeat analysis of classic films. Whenever my best friend and i have one of our film marathons, I always try to include one of your reviews on the viewing menu before or after watching the film.
But please tell me, Steve, do you ever totally trash any truly bad films? All the reviews I have seen on your RUclips channel have been on the positive side. And I am betting you could really skewer some terrible films in the same excellent manner that you provide clever and witty criticism about the films you enjoy. But if you don't like to waste time and precious web space dishing bad films, is there another RUclips channel or website you recommend that does provide witty condemnation (in video format) of awful cinema, either of new or old films? As the old TV commercial for "The National Enquirer" used to put it, "Inquiring minds want to know."
Keep up the good work! And Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2019!!
Jim M.
my favortite movie
It's certaonly a good one!
Did you like the prequel film, "Another Part of the Forest"?
It's ok. I don't think it's a s good a play.
Goddamn, I love you!
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I agree! Brilliant casting all around!
Stanwyck Davis Hayward. Crawford
That's about it in my book, with a bit or re-arranging. LOL!
@@STEVEHAYESTOQ your series is a sheer joy. Cant get enough
Poor Birdie. I guess I'd be drunk all the time if I had to live with that creep. It's nice that she tries to help Regina's daughter to keep away from the likes of this family. The young girl finds out what her mother did to her dad and vengeance is hers. So a woman DID get her way. Just NOT Bette.
Poor Birdie indeed. The future doesn't look very promising for her. I think Alexandra dodges a bullet getting as far away from her mother as possible. As for Regina, I don't think she'll give the loss of her daughter much thought. She'll be free to do whatever she wants, she has the money, her husband is out of the way and I doubt she'll ever let any man get rthe better of her...except perhaps Ben, who will always be in the wings waiting for her to slip up. I think she'll have to be on her guard with him always. Thanks for watching! Happy New Year! Steve
@@STEVEHAYESTOQ If only Lillian had given us a sequel. Regina has to come back from Chicago due to a panic or depression.
@@michaelplunkett8059 I think she comes back ostensibly to visit Alexandra, but really to kill Ben and frame Oscar or Leo for it. .
Did you ever notice how many allusions there are to Ben being gay? “You know I’ll never marry.” And “ when you’re rich you can be eccentric Ben. Eccentric people can do whatever they want.” “ Ben wanted Lionet so he got his brother to marry me for it.” And how much Regina enjoys Ben. He makes her laugh is sarcastic and doesn’t get as upset as straight Oscar when the plan falls through . He’s gay aiready so he doesn’t expect as much to go right compared to Oscar
Which is eaactly how I played him when I did the role yeas ago. I wish I could do it again ,now that I'm the right age. Also, Oscar is stupid and Ben and Regina get a kick out of setting him up and frustrating him. Leo is even more stupid than his father, so naturally... wonderful characters. Brilliant writing and performances. Thanks for watching and Happy Holidays! Best; Steve
i watched this movie but i still don't get the ending haha
My take. She's completely alone. All that money. But I don't think she really cares, because she's never loved anyone, so she's more bewildered than afraid. Thanks for watching! Best; Steve
@@stevenhayes4063 OMG you reply hehe thank you 😊😊😊
She isn’t called Regina for nothing.
Nope.
FINALLY!!!!!
"A movie where MAX STEINER didn't steal a movie from the acting Empress underscoring her acting emotions with sweeping magical music!". BETTE HATED HIM.
JEZEBEL, TARA'S THEME ANYONE???
I LOVE MAX.
@@STEVEHAYESTOQ AGREE, HE WAS THE JEWISH GIUSEPPE VERDI!!! A GENIUS.
All great characters but Miss Davis part she is so evil and poor Birdy.
Patriciua Collinge didn't make nearly enough films. Check her out in Hitchcock's " Shadow Of A Doubt".
I know this is heresy, but I think Bankhead would have done a better job. Davis is so humorless! Bankhead would have played Regina with a wink, as if to say, "Aren't I hateful, dahling?"
She also would have played her sexier, which Wyler wanted, but Davis saw her as cold and evil and she and Wyler fought over her interpretation constantly. As a result, he never worked with her again. Too bad.
@@STEVEHAYESTOQ Sexy and evil plays a lot more better than cold and evil.
GREAT movie.
Dan Duryea is particulary acidic.
NO redeeming qualities.
Cowardly and lecherous.
The king of the movie weasals and by all accounts one of the most gracious, cooperative and professional guys in the business. And evidently a big family man in his private life. He's so great in this and in everything he did afterwards. Wyler was smart to bring so many of the original Broadway cast to the proceedings, Duryea included. Thanks for watching! Steve
They should do a version of the Little Foxes only base it on the Biden Family.
actually the family resembles the Trump clan more closely... Impotus would gleefully watch someone die if he made money from it.
Who are you kidding?
The TRUMP cesspool would make for MUCH better stroytelling.
Bette Davis is famous for being the wrong actress in every role she played except 'The Man Who Came to Dinner', which she did only because she wanted to act with John Barrymore who didn't get the part. She ruins Hellman's perfect 'well-made play' with that absurd hairdo and her ridiculous mannerisms. Then Wyler dumbs it down for the average audience. Davis isn't even old enough for the part, Bankhead would have been better, or Claudette Colbert, or Myrna Loy...or anybody.
Thanks GOD, they didnt get it!