Of Human Bondage (1934) BETTE DAVIS
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- Опубликовано: 16 сен 2024
- Stars: Bette Davis, Leslie Howard, Frances Dee
Director: John Cromwell
Writer: W. Somerset Maugham (Novel)
In this Pre-Code Hollywood melodrama, a young man's quest to win the love of a cold-hearted waitress may ultimately destroy them both. Widely regarded as the film that made Bette Davis a star!
Just as women should not tolerate abusive men, men should run from women like this. Bette Davis is an extraordinary actress.
The scene where Bette said: "Every time I kissed you, I had to wipe my mouth!!.... wipe my mouth!!"... had to be the best acting I've ever seen by a female actress. That scene was dynamic...what an icon...what an artist she was.
Yeah! I've always had a thing for Leslie Howard since Scarlet Pimpernell. This is a great movie hope all enjoy. Peace everyone...Vickie
@@vickiebunch5703 I like Leslie Howard too.He did Gone with the Wind............Oh Ashley😆😝
It's great, really great!
Too bad she was snubbed by the Academy. She should have received the Oscar for that speech alone.
yes , absolutely nasty , poor Philip, love this movie !
Stay away from toxic people in general is what I've learned from this
But Philip was a self-loathing masochist dragging his clubfoot through life and it is as if he came to Mildred to be 'punished'. He was toxic with self-loathing.
And she' was certainly toxic!!!!!
Of all Bette Davis' performances, I was most haunted by this one. She was one of the most--if not THE most--extraordinarily gifted actors in film history. I'm deeply grateful to PizzaFlix for offering this and so many other stunning films.
Bette Davis not only accepted roles that were less than glamorous, she embraced them. They say this made it easier for her to transition from young actress roles to old lady roles and even hags - like Baby Jane Hudson. She should have won the Oscar for Baby Jane.
Hush hush sweet Charlotte is even better.
Ditto
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For someI don’t like “Hush, hush…” as much as “Baby Jane”, and I rarely watch it. I wish that Joan hadn’t quit the film, but understand why she did.
What a woman. What an actress. What a career.
What a gift to the world of cinema.
I have watched this movie several times because of Bette Davis. Apparently, she developed that Bette Davis walk very early on and the way her temper flares. She was so fantastic!
Excellent movie!!! There shall NEVER be another BETTY DAVIS!!!! She's considered the 'Creme of the Crop'!!!! I live old movies, I could watch them 24/7 if I had the time. These movies are the BEST of the 20th Century. It beats the movies they make nowadays. These have no cursing, very little nudity, if any at all, and no foul language. #1 on my list.💋❤😍🥰🤟🖖❤🥳♊
BETTE you meant
bette davis took the world by storm. she was so unusual and unique. a hell of an actress. rip ms davis
Bette Davis is my favorite actress!
When it comes to human relationships, some things never change. The faces, the names, the fashion and speech, yes, but not the behavior. Thank you for this classic. Bette was always riveting.
That is true.
Yes
Can’t take your eyes off her.
I think that the people who save and preserve/restore these old films are some unsung heroes. Films are an important part of our world because it's a way to experience a tiny bit of history. Not that all films are 100% true and accurate but they can show a lot about how society viewed things, you can see their perspective laid out better
There's a man in my neighborhood who has severe clubbed feet and has to wear special boots. Two girls waiting at the bus stop one day had laughed at him after he passed by them. I gave those girls such a tongue-lashing their faces turned as red as poppies!
Kudos to you.x
Good for you. People who make fun of others are trash.
Good for you! The ignorant little shrews.
But if a clubfoot can be corrected, why would anyone not have the surgery done? Cost? Availability of medical facilities or lack thereof? What?
Well done.
Human Bondage...human love. All the same - how we need things and other people to live; how we want what doesn't want us. The lover and the loved. Classic cinema, classic story.
In 1934 Leslie Howard was the star. His career was cut short when the aircraft he was flying in was lost.
Bette Davis gives a stunning performance as well.
I was hoping somebody would remember that about Leslie. He would've top star in Hollywood, I remember his role in captin blood
The airplane was shot down by
Germans
Bette Davis could have played the role of a wall waiting for paint to dry & people would've watched enthralled. Excellence in all forms from her!
She always struck me as a bit weird. Maybe the way the film shows her.
I've never much cared for her, to he honest. She sort of rubs me the wrong way.
@@fliplinefungus don't flatter yourself, she would not even touch you with a barge pole.
Ouch! 💥
I'd presume it would be likewise for you.
What a hilarious comment! 😆 I would watch her "waiting to get dry"!!
Only in old age did Bette appreciate the beauty that she was.
Falling in love is requiring the unattainable.
A travesty that Bette Davis didn’t win the Oscar for this film - it is one of her best performances.
Totally agree, but I think this here breakthrough role.
not only that she didn't win for this performance, she wasn't even officially nominated for this performance. matter of fact claudette cobert thought that davis was going to win, because davis's performance was so good. her acting in this movie was way ahead of its time.
Perhaps the subject matter and character were too raw for the time.
She played the oat too well!
Stupendous acting by Leslie Howard and Bette Davis.
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Greg K. 🤗💗
Brilliant acting by Bette and Leslie, of a brilliant story by master psychologist and narrator, W Somerset Maugham. A gripping, five star movie experience. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
There have been 3 versions of “Of Human Bondage” and all of them skip over the wonderful first part of the book that explains so much about the formation of Philip’s character. The death of his parents, his upbringing by unloving elderly aunt and uncle, his years at school. I fell in love with this book in high school and have always been disappointed in the screen plays of the films. I wish the BBC would make an actual mini series of this. But back to this version- LOVE Leslie Howard and Bette Davis.
I truly look forward to the book arriving this week. Thank you.
@@user-jl7ym4en5b Oh wow! I do hope you enjoy it. The first part was actually my favorite part of the story. Without going into detail, Maugham was a gay man who had to disguise it for much of his life (well, at least the first 40 years- then he because rich and stopped caring way people thought). Someone once posited that the character of Mildred in real life was actually a man. This explains some of the turbulence and anger of him never being able to attain her.
@@GiftSparks What a spin, even a sin!,⁰ especially for those days. I will read this book over 3 days, & then re-read it after a few days at a normal pace - absorbing it in search of details, nuances and innuendo. Thank you far these insights.
@@user-jl7ym4en5b please come back and let me know what you think!
Story is still seems fresh after 80 plus years
Except for all the sexism lol
One of Bette's earliest & best roles.She was never afraid to play parts that were not always attractive..
One of my absolute favorite movies ever made, and just to think I discovered this classic by accident. Bette Davis and Leslie Howard are just amazing.
Check out "The Petrified Forest" with a much younger Bette Davis and Leslie Howard and the first "big" film debut of Humphrey Bogart. You won't be disappointed!
So was the man who wrote the book.
One of my absolute favorites too. For numerous reasons.
i watched 20 minutes of it and found it so boringly wordy and non action that i swiched off. i have loved other movies of hers though. THIS one, Of Human Bondage, is a masterpiece!@@KyDarkWatch
She was not afraid to look like hell when most other women dreaded looking anything other than gorgeous. And yet she had a beauty all her own even with the bulging eyes and the too small mouth, an authentic woman.
I think she is beautiful 🍕
So do I! My favourite actress of all of them! I’ve always wished I could be as beautiful as she….perfect quality…thanks for putting on You tube….
I love this movie so much that I’ve seen it two or three times now. Betty Davis with a cockney accent is priceless.
And a bad cockney accent, as well. Lol
This was much more intense than I thought it would be, great film and acting, just a big WOW for Bette and Leslie. I could see his bondage to her in everything he did and said, he could not be free of her until she was gone. I'm sure others have made the same (obvious) observation too. Bette was the perfect woman for this role, I enjoyed it thoroughly.
Bette Davis was never afraid to accept any difficult or unflattering role throughout her long career.
@@AnnaZeman-yu8dg According to Bette herself, she turned down "Come Back, Little Sheba" because she thought the audience wouldn't believe she was stupid.
@@akrenwinkleThat’s good. I agree.
@@RightCitified Bette was right. I'm trying to imagine her stupid; I can't. She couldn't pull it off.
I love black and white films but this is a work of art wow!!!
The scene when Davis walks out of the bedroom is AMAZING. She was a superior actress in a time when drama and intrigue were using the new film technology to its fullest.
Mildred is a piece of work. So unlikeable...
Thank you for this movie. Human nature to want what is not good for us. I could never treat anyone the way she treated him. That poor little baby 😭
Great performances! This should be required viewing by all who don't seem to understand life is all about choices we make and the consequences that follow. Time wasted that will never come back to you.
We have moments of clarity on the matter of timing being wasted, but it really became clear to me, day in & day out, once I hit 55.
@@prototek100 I'm not like that at all. I don't be all nice and sweet for anyone, if they don't like me how l am, so be it. And l'm not mean and selfish either. I'm a bit of a doormat if anything, and I try to help others as much as l can.
Choices don't occur in a vacuum. Any other view is naive.
I have watched this film many times and will watch it many more times. It is brilliant!!!
You love him. He loves her. She loves somebody else. When will we learn to love the person God paired us up with. This is such an old story. A good classic movie. R.I.P. Betty Davis. ♡
He did learn in the end, I think. We seldom get it right the first time.
I love this movie but I spend the whole time rolling my eyes and shaking my head at Philip for allowing Mildred to treat him so badly!
A sizzling combination of Leslie Howard and Bette Davis in an unrepeatable rendition of this great novel. I never tire of watching it, and I discover new facets with every viewing. They just don't make 'em like they used to. Quirky note, the star credits has THREE Reginalds in it...must have been a popular name in those days.
Given names have periods of popularity. Reginald was very popular at the time of this film.
There was a character named Reginald Farrier in The Wingless Bird, based on novel authored by Catherine Cookson, and featured on PBS in or around 1997. I really quite like the name.
As a young girl, I was enthralled by Bette Davis. I love these old B&W classics. Thanks.
One of my favorite movies of all time🙏🏾
My heart skipped a beat every time she came back .... It was evident she meant no good. - She reminds me of the woman in the film "All about Eve" 1950
It's the same actress. Bette Davis starred in All About Eve.
@@ayelets9816 But it was Anne Baxter who played the manipulative character in All About Eve. Marilyn Monroe played a brief cameo that's hilarious.
IMO All About Eve is the finest black and white film ever made! If you like Ms Davis even the slightest bit, check it out. I feel it is her finest role.
My dad&mom have almost all Bette Davis movies, she and Katherine Hepburn are my favorite actresses of all time 👸 👑
The story of two, unknowingly to themselves, self-destructive characters. I like Leslie Howard and his role (especially Gone With the Wind,too), and of course, Betty Davis shows the viciousness of her character and the manipulative powers over Leslie Howard. Thank you for posting such good quality.
Sennie...What a fine and accurate comment. Thanks. I liked Ardy's comment above here too. You both laid the crux of the story out very well.
My Mom and Dad used to go to the movies every Sunday. Mom picked up the phrase, "good riddance to bad rubbish" from this film. She said it frequently. Now the phrase reminds me of my Mom who lived to age 97.
What a lesson I learned from this film. I gave and gave to someone who could care less if I lived or died, now I’m just waiting on my real love to fill those shoes. I wish I was as wise as Leslie was in this film. 💔
His character Philip, although a brilliant artist and medic, did not get that heart wisdom until the film's very end--long after she had serially dumped him, verbally excoriated his fragile ego, madwoman ransacked his apartment, goring his cherished paintings and torching his money to pay for medical school. Likely you're ahead of his learning curve there.
Judgejulielit has spoken wisely. I have nothing of substance to add, only that I wish you well ✨
JudgeJulieLit sadly, I still pine after the one I want. Thought I was over it. 😢 😡
TO SOJOURNING TEDDY BEAR , INNER HAPPINESS AND SERENITY CAN ONLY COME FROM ONE PERSON "YOU". TOO MANY PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD DEPEND ON OTHER PEOPLE, VIA RELATIONSHIPS. NO DICE , BEST BET ,STAND ON YOUR OWN TWO FEET. NUFF SAID.
@@stevevilinsky7464 I disagree: inner joy only comes from a salvation relationship with Jesus Christ. Once our eternal connection to the Lord is righted, only then can we find satisfaction in this life, with or without a human "soul mate."
Of Human Bondage, Mr. Skeffington, The Letter, and Whatever Happened to Baby Jane. Bette Davis. Then she was a heroine in Now Voyager and All About Eve. She had unbelievable range and versatility. ... and don't talk about The Virgin Queen where she evoked palpable undercurrent.
And the 2 that she plays a double role in. As twin Sisters. Both were so good. Can not recall, for the life of me. either of movies titles. I'll be back❗
Baby Jane should have given her 3rd Oscar
@@mariapacheco4668 The Two Faces of Eve? My sister was neighbors with Eve. She had a Split Personality Diagnosis, I believe.
@@mariapacheco4668 it’s called “Stolen Life”, later on there’s the horror film “Dead Ringers”
@@skyqueen1148 wasn’t that Paul Newman’s wife?
Leslie Howard had great screen presence. Bette Davis is great, too. Wonderful movie from the golden age.
An all-time favorite. Excellent writing, direction and acting. Howard and Davis were two of the very best. Howard was a highly under-rated actor! Treat yourself to Howard & Bergman in Intermezzo. It's definitely on my top 10 list!
One of the greatest actors of all time! Bette was amazing in this!
I lay here binge watching on my phone, transfixed with this film, probably the 5th I've watched tonight. Leslie Howard and Bette Davis were so amazing in it! Here's the kicker - I had no idea I was watching Of Human Bondage!
So old but still so relevant to many relationships
What an epic classic portrayal of human emotions and vulnerability.NB:Laughed at the scene with two doctors casually lighting up and smoking in the hospital scrub room!
"It's still the same old story" : Falling in love with the wrong person.
I adored this film , and the book too (read the book after) Leslie Howard is a fantastic actor !
THIS CLASSIC FILM DRIVES HOME A VERY IMPORTANT POINT, YOU CAN'T FIND INNER HAPPINESS AND SERENITY IN OTHER PEOPLE UNTIL YOU HAVE DEVELOPED WITHIN YOURSELF. ALSO, IT'S ALWAYS A REVELATION WHEN YOU VIEW AN 86 YEAR OLD FILM THAT'S BEEN RESTORED. SOME OF THESE CLASSIC FILMS ARE UNFORTUNATELY NONEXISTENT.
Thanks for watching PizzaFLIX
How fortunate are we? The restoration is marvelous!
“Oh Ashley, Ashley, I love you!” - oops, wrong movie. 😝❤️❤️
Poor Ashley always ends up with a mealy-mouthed Melanie type.
LMAOOOOO!!!!!!
@@lisalindsey277 poor Melanie.. Ashley was a real tart.
@@bonniebucklaw6247 I don't know what you mean by tart. But he was believed to be a spy for Churchill, and his plane was shot down in 1943. It was said that he knew the plane would be shot down and he sacrificed himself for the cause.
@@pamlyles8905 I'm talking about the character Ashley
I've read the book and seen the film twice now. Fab film, great quality, great cast. Somerset Maugham was a great writer and put his heart and soul into all his books in a unique way. Thank you for sharing.
My Mom died many years ago, but if she were still alive I would ask her if she and Dad had seen this film. She occasionally used the comment, "Good riddance to bad rubbish." Perhaps she heard it here in this film.
An unforgettable line, from an unforgettable character.
Love 💕 these classic movies!! I’ve watched several over and over cause I never get tired of watching them. Betty Davis is such an amazing actress and my favorite!!!💖
A film brimming with neurotic behavior patterns and sincere love. How a neurosis blinds and twists a person's path in life. Excellent close ups and fine acting are entwined in this black and white film.
In reading some of these posts/comments, it is a serious happening to the man especially and now, much older, I see (and am not seeing as well) things I did not when very young at 18 or 20 perhaps. This is a splendid one to have a small group reviewing it. So many of the films from later 1930's through 1950's had substance, esp. 30's & 40's perhaps.
The Kim Novak, Laurence Harvey version sucked (1964)
I know someone as you have described. It's best not to walk, but run AWAY.
What neurotic behaviour? It seems u hv d neurosis. This film shows human relationship & d bonds or a bondage it can create. U Shud be reading comics.
This is a good movie. A friend turned me onto Bette Davis in the 80's. Have an autograph photo of her. Its cool. She's such a great actress. One reason she got this part was no actress during that era wanted to play the part because of how she looked later in movie.. lol Worked out for her.. ✨🐬
Bette Davis performance set a way of doing a role in a picture. It´s almost incredible how she turns such a difficult character into a sympathetic light at the end of the film. Great story!
Agreed. I actually pitied her character at the end.
Two of my faves: Bette Davis and Leslie Howard 😍
Love Leslie Howard, in any of his roles. With Bette Davis I just can't see it. I've always found her acting 'over the top'. Great film though, thanks for posting.
Yes she’s watchable but highly overrated. Best role by far was in Baby Jane.
What a pleasure to see a descent movie for a change
Where did it descend to?
Bette Davis deserved the Best Actress Oscar for this film.
She wasn't nominated. Had she been she could have easily earned an Oscar for OF HUMAN BONDAGE. Claudette Colbert won for IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT [1934].
She won for 'Dangerous' because she was overlooked for this role. She said she looked at the backend of the Academy Award 'man' when she won and it reminded her husband 'Oscar'. So, the nickname stuck.
I like everything about her acting in this film except her horrible attempt at a British accent.
@@newlifeme1 it's bad.🐨
@@newlifeme1 I thought it was pretty good for an American actor
GREAT MOVIE!!!!!! Bette Davis will live on forever
Yes she will to me the greatest actress of all times.
absolutely, she has no rival. she was even katherine hepburn's favorite actress.
Bett Davis...1 of the GREATEST character Actresses (Acters) of ALL TIMES..."ON VOYAGER" to the next movie. 💯 👍's Up
Always find something new in this story... and 'the razor's edge' of this unique powerful performance. It never bores me to see it again, but always scares me a bit... the NPD ice when Bette says "Why... People will think I don't know what all." Nothing is worse than people who throw their own thoughts at "what other people think"... it is the beastly mark of thoughtlessness.
She was 24 at the beginning of the movie, 25 at the end... Mildred packed a lot of living in just one year!
OMG...i had thought that too! I even said to my husband ..."whoa, that has to be a misprint.."
Not possible "one year," as after meeting and a while dating Philip, she went off with Miller, got pregnant, and after returning to Philip, nine months later had the baby. More months elapse as the baby grows. She runs off with Griffiths for a while, until he dumps her. He has to move "three times" to new addresses, yet doggedly she follows after, camping homeless on his doorstoop till he has her arrested for stalking. More months elapse as Philip courts Sally. Mildred returns, moves in with Philip for more months. When she finally leaves him, she takes her baby who looks over a year old. He drops out of medical school, has surgery to correct his club foot, reunites with Sally, and over weeks recuperates. Over more weeks he seeks a nonmedical job. Sally puts on weight. He moves in with her family. He gets a job in a shoe shop. Mildred returns with a deep cough and lung ailment. She says her baby "died last summer." He gets an April 1933 notice that his uncle died, and his will probated, Philip will get a small bequest. He uses this to study for and pass his University of London, St. Bartholomew Hospital medical examination, and is licensed as a Bachelor of Internal Medicine and Surgery, certificate dated June 15, 1933. During residency Mildred is admitted as a patient and dies. A longest "year."
@R M It may be that waitress Mildred was born poor to a poor mother of low socioeconomic class and perhaps an abusive (if not absent) father, or series of "uncle" patrons, perhaps who molested her; perhaps the source of Mildred's adult callous emotions toward and vindictive use of men.
@@JudgeJulieLit it can be 2 years actually. She just turned 24 possibly and was reaching the end of 25
My exact though haha
I sincerely thank you for your videos. They don't make beautiful, thought provoking movies like this anymore. Wishing there weren't 😪 so many commercials.
Great book, great movie. Thank you PizzaFlix. Leslie Howard disappeared during WWII. :-(. Hard to believe this film is 85 years old. Bette Davis is the perfectly convincing wretched wench.
📣Bette Davis deserve Best Actress Oscar Award !!!! 👍 Make me cry all time. 😢😭
My goodness!!! May the universe bring you great happiness!! Thanks for this. I have never seen it. And the quality is so fine. Thank you!!
I remembered seeing this movie 🎬 about 35yrs ago. But had forgotten its name. It was and still is, one great movie!
Excellent movie depicting the jezebel spirit so well in Bette Davis"s role. Thanks for uploading this!
The fabulous Ms Davis ! Cruel and RAW ...loved it ...Ms.Right🌷
THIS IS AMONG THE GREATEST WORKS OF SOMERSET MAUGHAM , AND SO ONE OF THE GREATEST WORKS OF ART IN HISTORY - THIS MOVIE VERSION AND THE LAURENCE HARVEY VERSION ARE MAGNIFICENT ! AND BETTE DAVIS IS INCREDIBLE !
Razor's Edge was done pretty well.
And don’t forget Kim Novak!!
One of the greatest movie Betty Davis ever made.
WOW! What an awesome movie. I'm glad Philip found happiness in the end. Now I understand the title of this movie. Philip was strong to the end. Love the story line.
What a wonderful movie. I thought for sure it would have a very sad ending, and had a great surprise. Don't miss this one.
Enjoyable, ironic and sad movie. This pandemic lock down has allowed my husband and myself, more time, to find and enjoy, incredible old movies. They certainly knew how to act in those days, there was something about the old movies, which makes them actually better than most of the movies today. Whether it was the silent films which taught them their craft, I am not sure, maybe method acting, whilst hailed as great by us all, somehow lost something? Perhaps only their acting to fall back on, no big action scenes or effects. Recommend these films: The Best Years of Our Lives, Sunrise: a song of two humans, All Quiet on the Western Front, The Story of Emile Zola and My Man Godfrey with William Powell to name just a few which we found to be outstanding
100% behaviour that I used to get from my ex boyfriend , they really knew how to portray narcissism in those days !
Thanks x
Philip wasn't narcissistic. Maybe you refer to Mildred? Yeah, she's textbook.
Betty Davis was a beauty in this..so much is unforgettable in this film.
Never mind who you love but rather who loves you and you'll learn to love them .
nope... don't settle. You can find someone who you love just as much as they love you. You don't learn to love. That doesn't happen. You learn to settle
@@aprilized dear April just let me leave you with this , it's possible to love a thing that's bad for you , and hate a thing that's good for you .
Please stay well .
@@ronaldworthy157 people have the right to decide what is good or bad for them. Peer pressure and the idea that you don't know what's good for you is a joke. People should make mistakes seeing as they have the freedom to
Classic film. These were movie stars. The legendary Bette Davis.
The condition of this particular print is the finest yet I've ever seen. Movie is pretty good, too - lol
You can learn so much from anything
Somerset Maugham wrote. Truly under-rated author.
His stories are Mostly self autobiographical
..... great story
I think this is Bette Davis best movie .. great acting and very good story
the actress who played Sally....wow, what a lovely girl!
Frances Dee, married to Joel McCrae for decades. One of the real beauties of the thirties.
Bette is SO much stronger in this role than Kim Novak in the remake- those eyes! And her ability to go from "soft to tough- bitter" quite powerful- she captured the plight of young, uneducated women in that era-
Just finished Intermezzo 1939, now this one. There is never a dull moment with BD. Thanks for the upload PF beats today's Hollywood films.
MILLE ET UN MERCI POUR CE P'TIT BIJOU !.. PLUS LA CERISE SUR LE GÂTEAU LE REGARD UNIQUE DE BETTE DAVIS !..
I got addicted to Somerset Maugham when I was rummaging through some old books from the 30s. I read everything I could get my hands on. There was something about Maugham and his way with a more Victorian style. He took great pains in establishing the characters, the plot and the features in his words. This is probably his best known work but not my favorite of his. Check out some of his other works if you like this.
John Allen
You and me both brother. My favorite by far.
Razors Edge.
Really?
Many people would agree. Maugham was a prolific writer and ( in contemporary comments) was not the sort of writer prepared to adapt himself to please anyone- not the least’- opinionated self appointed literary pandits. His novels and short stories will ALWAYS be read with appreciation and enjoyment
"The World's Greatest Storyteller"
I'm rather young so I've only taken the time to watch a few black and white movies in my time. This film is 90 years old this year, I had no idea what to expect. However, I'm rather intrigued by the time period, so I thought I'd give it a go. I saw the name Bette Davis and remembered that 80s song 😂😂. Anyway, I'm not even 15 minutes in and im loving it! Looks like theres a whole bew world of film to discover!
This is like three movies packed into one. Brilliant plot. Thanks!..
One of my all-time favorite Bette Davis movies! I am collecting ALL of them on DVD!
DAVIS ACADMEY PERFORMANCE............FRANCES DEE.....INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL.......
Wild and weird and captivating ! Takes the mind and imagination back a ways ! Beautiful, touches the heart of me ! My mother loved Bette Davis and so do ! I wanted to "be there" in this movie for a few minutes and KNOW some of those feelings, because where we are today is hard to deal with. I want to "run away" from it !
Wow what a great movie. I’ve never seen it. So many great movies I’ve never seen. Thank u for uploading. I really appreciate it.
well then, get seeing em!!
Then you should see the version with Kim Novak, a brutal beee...ch
Yes she &He played lots of movies
I agree
My parents are huge fans of the Golden age of film.they have 1000 movies every genre and Bette Davis is my fave.she is the epitome of what a Star is.
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What a transformation of Bette Davis’s character from beginning to the end of the film (or filem in Irish). Way before CGI !!! She definitely went the extra mile, I don’t think the director even expected that
I've enjoyed this film a lot. Great actors... What can I say about Bette Davis? Terrific as usual. It is a well- made story on toxic relationships and this is undeniable.
However, I see this 30s mentality that no longer makes sense: the self- sufficient woman is manipulative, intelligent and the worst mother one could imagine; a woman unable to care about anybody. On the other hand, the loving beautiful woman who stays at home and cook for the man waiting by his side and being dependant. In fact, they talk about the perfect wife as an obliging woman. It's like an advice to stay away from self-sufficient women because 'they are dangerous'. Luckily, some societies are already far from that.
Despite this, the film is awesome.
exactly
I saw her as selfish rather than self-sufficient, selfish to the point of malignant narcissism. Norah seemed capable and level-headed and much more likely to be able to be self-sufficient than Mildred. Sure wasn't Mildred after Miller mainly because he was rich? He was a bit old and not very good-looking anyway from my point of view as a woman. Norah's love for Phillip was genuine, but she wasn't in thrall to him the way he was to Mildred! I surmise such a woman would go on to have a fulfilled life, married or not but Mildred went on a downward spiral she couldn't recover from!
Phillip was "friend zoned".