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PLOT SUMMARY: BETTE'S SO GOOD WHEN SHE'S BEING BAD - What Stanley Timberlake wants, she takes. So, on the eve of her marriage to another, she runs off with her sister's husband, the first of many betrayals that lead to disaster.. and to a compulsively watchable brew of deceit, racial bigotry, latent incest and violent death. Two-time Best Actress Oscar winners and lifelong friends Bette Davis and Olivia de Havilland square
off as the sisters (guess who's the bad one) in this must-see for fans of melodrama at its juiciest. Director John Huston, fresh from his "The Maltese Falcon" success, includes a cameo role for his father Walter, just as he did in Falcon. And Max Steiner's powerful music underscores the film's driving emotional force.
ABOUT THE DVD: This is a WARNER HOME VIDEO release for the UK market (Region 2 PAL format, ). The AUDIO is the original ENGLISH language (with GERMAN and SPANISH dubbed options available too). The film is presented in FULL SCREEN format (4:3 ratio) and runs for a total of 93 minutes. SUBTITLES on the DVD are ENGLISH, GERMAN or SPANISH - SPECIAL FEATURES: Commentary by Film Historian Joanna Basinger - "Warner Night At The Movies: 1942" Short Subjects Gallery - Vintage Newsreel - the Technicolor Patriotic Short "March On, America!" - the Technicolor Musical Short "Spanish Fiesta" - the Classic Cartoon "Who's Who In The Zoo" - the Original Theatrical trailers for both "In This Our Life" and 1942's "Desperate Journey" - There is also a Scene Selection menu on the disc.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Bette Davis is a great actress and when she plays good, she is good, but when she plays bad, she is even better. `In this Our Life' is a slice of melodrama that sees Davis at her worst; selfish, unlikable, yet still watchable. As Stanley, she is the girl that gets everything she wants, including the husband of her sister Roy. Despite her bad ways the family still stand by her, but will she one day go too far?
Davis is a towering presence in most of her films and has the tendency to overshadow her co-stars, especially the men. However, she does play opposite some great woman and this is the case with Olivia de Havilland, who the plays the put upon Roy, a woman who must grow a harder shell. de Havilland carries the film and is the sympathetic heart and for this reason I actually found her the best thing in it. Davis is good, but her character is so insipid at times that you can't like her; obviously the role she was meant to play. Not many actresses of any era would willingly play such an unlikable specimen, so it is high praise once more for Davis that she takes it on.
`In This' is high melodrama that borders on the impossible and the irrational on occasion, but when you have two great performances at the centre you don't mind a bit of theatrics. One to watch for melodrama fans.
Davis is a towering presence in most of her films and has the tendency to overshadow her co-stars, especially the men. However, she does play opposite some great woman and this is the case with Olivia de Havilland, who the plays the put upon Roy, a woman who must grow a harder shell. de Havilland carries the film and is the sympathetic heart and for this reason I actually found her the best thing in it. Davis is good, but her character is so insipid at times that you can't like her; obviously the role she was meant to play. Not many actresses of any era would willingly play such an unlikable specimen, so it is high praise once more for Davis that she takes it on.
`In This' is high melodrama that borders on the impossible and the irrational on occasion, but when you have two great performances at the centre you don't mind a bit of theatrics. One to watch for melodrama fans.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
In This Our Life is a dramatic love story in which Bette Davis and Olivia de Havilland shine. Bette Davis excels in roles where she has to play a slightly off-the-wall and selfish character, and the role of Stanley Timberlake could have been practically written for her as she takes to it so organically.
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Stanley and Roy Timberlake, sisters (despite the masculine names) are two very different people. Roy, a sensible and demure married woman with a sense of family, priority and future has ideals of settling with her husband to start her own brood. Stanley on the other hand, an adventurous and racy young woman full of life and energy, although engaged to handsome lawyer Craig Fleming, goes off on a whim with her sister Roy's handsome husband Peter Kingsmill to start a life of her own.
Devasted, Roy has to go on with her life as does heartbroken and miserable Craig. Meanwhile, Stanley is finding that her married life to Peter is less than a fairytale when his drinking gets out of control, and he can't afford to give her the material things she feels entitled to.
PLOT:
Stanley and Roy Timberlake, sisters (despite the masculine names) are two very different people. Roy, a sensible and demure married woman with a sense of family, priority and future has ideals of settling with her husband to start her own brood. Stanley on the other hand, an adventurous and racy young woman full of life and energy, although engaged to handsome lawyer Craig Fleming, goes off on a whim with her sister Roy's handsome husband Peter Kingsmill to start a life of her own.
Devasted, Roy has to go on with her life as does heartbroken and miserable Craig. Meanwhile, Stanley is finding that her married life to Peter is less than a fairytale when his drinking gets out of control, and he can't afford to give her the material things she feels entitled to.
5 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I love old movies and this is a great! I had it on video and decided to buy it when released on DVD. Recommend it if you are a fan of Bette Davis fan.
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