Post by rmichaelpyle on Nov 19, 2011 11:33:31 GMT -6
I watched "The Sisters" (1938) with Bette Davis and Errol Flynn. It's been a very long time since I last saw this. Not especially my cup of tea, either, although it wasn't bad. Flynn got the better acting part in this (compared to Davis), but ultimately his part is a fizzler at the end. Totally redeems himself in less than two minutes of film, then the film ends. NO WAY!
Pretty good soaper, but, like I said, not necessarily my cup of tea. Margaret had her eyebrows raised at the ending, too.
Also has Anita Louise and Jane Bryan as Bette's sisters. Anita and Jane both are too old to be saying the things they're saying, although, as usual, both are superlative in their parts. Henry Travers and Beulah Bondi are Dad and Mom, and they stole the show as far as I was concerned. Ian Hunter, Donald Crisp, Patric Knowles, Alan Hale, Dick Foran, Lee Patrick, Laura Hope Crews, Harry Davenport, Mayo Methot, and many more fill out the rest of the cast. Look quickly for Susan Hayward, Russell Simpson, and many others in minor parts.
The three sisters all get married in this one. Things happen after that. It isn't roses for any of them. By the finish of the film, however, the Breen Code has this group of sisters so simpatico with their situations that the rest of world can stand up and cheer...
Part of the five recent releases of Bette Davis films by Warner Archive Collection.
Pretty good soaper, but, like I said, not necessarily my cup of tea. Margaret had her eyebrows raised at the ending, too.
Also has Anita Louise and Jane Bryan as Bette's sisters. Anita and Jane both are too old to be saying the things they're saying, although, as usual, both are superlative in their parts. Henry Travers and Beulah Bondi are Dad and Mom, and they stole the show as far as I was concerned. Ian Hunter, Donald Crisp, Patric Knowles, Alan Hale, Dick Foran, Lee Patrick, Laura Hope Crews, Harry Davenport, Mayo Methot, and many more fill out the rest of the cast. Look quickly for Susan Hayward, Russell Simpson, and many others in minor parts.
The three sisters all get married in this one. Things happen after that. It isn't roses for any of them. By the finish of the film, however, the Breen Code has this group of sisters so simpatico with their situations that the rest of world can stand up and cheer...
Part of the five recent releases of Bette Davis films by Warner Archive Collection.
