The Bette Davis Collection, Vol. 3 (The Old Maid / All This, And Heaven Too / The Great Lie / In This Our Life / Watch on the Rhine / Deception) DVD
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: WARNER HOME VIDEO
EAN: 0085391187578
Feature: IN THIS OUR LIFE Homewrecker Davis runs off with sister Olivia de Havilland?s hubby and that?s just for starters!THE OLD MAID Let the fireworks begin. Miriam Hopkins poses as the mother of the child Davis bore out of wedlock?the arrangement is beginning to fray.ALL THIS, AND HEAVEN TOO Enchanted by governess Davis, nobleman Charles Boyer murders his wife. But is la Bette as innocent as she appears
Format: Box set, Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD, Full Screen, Restored, NTSC
Item Dimensions: 100
Label: Warner Home Video
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 1.0FrenchOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 1.0EnglishSubtitledFrenchSubtitled
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
MPN: 1000027249
Number Of Items: 6
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 01, 2008
Running Time: 666 minutes
Studio: Warner Home Video
Features:- IN THIS OUR LIFE Homewrecker Davis runs off with sister Olivia de Havilland?s hubby and that?s just for starters!THE OLD MAID Let the fireworks begin. Miriam Hopkins poses as the mother of the child Davis bore out of wedlock?the arrangement is beginning to fray.ALL THIS, AND HEAVEN TOO Enchanted by governess Davis, nobleman Charles Boyer murders his wife. But is la Bette as innocent as she appears
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To quote Claude Reins in "Deception," Bette Davis is "all eyes and talent," and both burn bright in six vintage films she made for Warner Bros. between 1939-46. Lesser known than her certified classics, these are not exactly best Bettes, but they are marvelously entertaining and a representative showcase for one of Hollywood's most enduring leading ladies. These eminently repeatable films put Davis (and viewers) through the ringer. Few actresses portrayed characters who suffered the slings and arrows of outrageous misfortune so grandly, so regally, so tragically, or so deservedly. As an ad for one of Davis' movies once famously proclaimed, when she was good, she was very good. When she was bad, she was terrific. Just check out John Huston's In This Our Life (1942), this set's unearthed treasure. Bette, flouncing like mad, jilts her fiancée, steals good sister Olivia de Havilland's husband, and promptly drives him to drink and suicide. And she's just getting warmed up! (You don't need Jeannine Basinger's informed commentary to debunk the tantalizing movie legend about a supposed cameo by members of the Matlese Falcon cast. Those gents at the bar look nothing like Bogie and company. But that is Walter, John's father, tending bar). Davis was also very good at being noble. In the prestige project, Watch on the Rhine (1943), based on Lillian Hellman's play and adapted for the screen by Dashiell Hammett, she is the steadfast wife to Paul Lukas, in his Oscar-winning role, as a "legendary figure of the underground movement," who carries on his fight against fascism in Washington, D.C. In The Old Maid (1939), based on the novel by Edith Wharton, Bette allows her cousin (Miriam Hopkins) to give her illegitimate child a respectable name, and, posing as the girl's unsuspecting aunt, must stand by while she grows up spoiled and "horrid." And in All This and Heaven Too (1940), she is a transplanted French schoolteacher who regales her initially scornful students with the true story behind her scandalous past. Deception is another ripping melodrama in which she stars as a pianist whose reunion with her lost love (Paul Henreid), a cellist is threatened by Rains as her arrogant and sadistic Svengali (who's responsible for those minks in her closet). Last but not least is The Great Lie (1941), pitting Bette against Mary Astor, who won an Academy Award as the bitchy concert pianist whose son Bette is raising (long story, but it involves missing aviator George Brent, whom they both love). These films offer such they-don't-make-'em-like-this-anymore pleasures as lush, melodramatic scores by such masters as Max Steiner, hothouse emotions, quotable dialogue, and, of course, indelible character actors at their peaks. These films are seen to their best advantage when viewed as part of each disc's bonus features that recreate an old fashioned "Night at the Movies," complete with theatrical previews, newsreels, short subjects, and Warner Bros. cartoons featuring Porky Pig or Daffy Duck. --Donald Liebenson
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I own every Bette film that I can get my hands on and this set has many of my favs in it. My fav of this collection is "In this our life", I love "The Old Maid" and "The Great Lie" too. If it only had these 3 movies in it it would still be worth the cost of the set. However the other 3 films are all worthwhile too. I cannot wait until Vol4 comes out! Dont miss this collection if you can at all help it!
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A great collection of classic Bette films - I bought it primarily for "Deception" which is the best teaming of Bette and her perfect co-star, Claude Rains (check out the bedroom scene). Good commentary.
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It is so fantastic to be able to own these wonderful films! 'In This Our Life' and 'The Old Maid' are the definate highlights and the others are in no way among Bette's flops (of which there are not many anyway). All of the films are filmed in the high point of her career and while they are not her most famous (Vol 1 and 2 contain those), any Bette fan would be CRAZY to not buy this set! Bette Davis' talent is simply breathtaking!
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I have always been a fan of bette davis and I have found his set to be great.The fims are all remastered and the sound his good. So I thorougly reccomend this set .I also purchased it when the price was reduced.
Ken Barrett Mooroolbark Victoria Australia .
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The movies contained in this video collection are spectacular. Each movie in this collection are I think Bette Davis' best pictures! A great edition to my classic movie collections.
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