In This Our Life (1942)

Director:

John Huston

Writers:

Howard Koch (screenplay)
Ellen Glasgow (novel)

Release Date:

16 May 1942 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

"Go ahead! KISS ME!.. Forget you're married to my sister!"

Plot:

A young woman (Stanley Timberlake) dumps her fiancée (Craig Fleming) and runs off with her sister's (Roy Timberlake) husband (Peter Kingsmill)...

Plot Keywords:

Sister | Lawyer | Suicide | Hit And Run | Law Office

Cast

Bette Davis	...	Stanley Timberlake
Olivia de Havilland	...	Roy Timberlake
George Brent	...	Craig Fleming
Dennis Morgan	...	Peter Kingsmill
Charles Coburn	...	William Fitzroy
Frank Craven	...	Asa Timberlake
Billie Burke	...	Lavinia Timberlake
Hattie McDaniel	...	Minerva Clay
Lee Patrick	...	Betty Wilmoth
Mary Servoss	...	Charlotte Fitzroy
Ernest Anderson	...	Parry Clay
William B. Davidson	...	Jim Purdy
Edward Fielding	...	Dr. Buchanan
John Hamilton	...	Inspector
William Forrest	...	Forest Ranger
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Eddie Acuff	...	Worker (uncredited)
Mary Astor	...	Extra on Roadhouse Table (uncredited)
Walter Baldwin	...	Worker (uncredited)
Humphrey Bogart	...	Extra on Roadhouse Table (uncredited)
Ward Bond	...	Extra on Roadhouse Table (uncredited)
Al Bridge	...	Worker (uncredited)
Walter Brooke	...	Cab Driver (uncredited)
Eddy Chandler	...	Policeman Fallon (uncredited)
Elisha Cook Jr.	...	Extra on Roadhouse Table (uncredited)
Dudley Dickerson	...	Waiter (uncredited)
Frank Fanning	...	Detective with Millett (uncredited)
Ruth Ford	...	Young Mother (uncredited)
Eddie Graham	...	Police Telephone Operator #2 (uncredited)
Sydney Greenstreet	...	Extra on Roadhouse Table (uncredited)
Jester Hairston	...	Black Man in Jail (uncredited)
Herbert Heywood	...	Worker (uncredited)
Walter Huston	...	Bartender (uncredited)
Freddie Jackson	...	Black Man in Jail (uncredited)
Fred Kelsey	...	Jailer (uncredited)
Reid Kilpatrick	...	Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Peter Lorre	...	Extra on Roadhouse Table (uncredited)
Barton MacLane	...	Extra on Roadhouse Table (uncredited)
Frank Mayo	...	Policeman in Car (uncredited)
Sam McDaniel	...	Black Man in Jail (uncredited)
Patrick McVey	...	Man (uncredited)
Billy Mitchell	...	Black Man in Jail (uncredited)
Ernest Morrison	...	Black Man in Jail (uncredited)
Lee Phelps	...	Police Telephone Operator (uncredited)
George Reed	...	Fitzroy's Butler (uncredited)
Napoleon Simpson	...	Black Man in Jail (uncredited)
Elliott Sullivan	...	Worker (uncredited)
Billy Wayne	...	Customer (uncredited)
Buck Woods	...	Black Man in Jail (uncredited)

Directed by
John Huston

Writing credits
Howard Koch		(screenplay)
Ellen Glasgow		(novel "In This Our Life")

Produced by
David Lewis	....	associate producer
Hal B. Wallis	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Max Steiner

Cinematography by
Ernest Haller		(director of photography) (as Ernie Haller)

Film Editing by
William Holmes

Art Direction by
Robert M. Haas		(as Robert Haas)

Costume Design by
Orry-Kelly		(gowns)

Makeup Department
Perc Westmore	....	makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jack Sullivan	....	assistant director (uncredited)

Sound Department
Robert B. Lee	....	sound

Special Effects by
Robert Burks	....	special effects
Byron Haskin	....	special effects

Stunts
Audrey Scott	....	stunt double: Bette Davis (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Eugene Joseff	....	costume jeweller (uncredited)

Music Department
Leo F. Forbstein	....	musical director
Hugo Friedhofer	....	orchestral arrangements

Other crew
Edward A. Blatt	....	dialogue director (as Edward Blatt)

Production Companies

• Warner Bros (as Warner Bros. Pictures Inc.)

Distributors

• Warner Bros (1942) (USA) (theatrical) (as Warner Bros. Pictures Inc.)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1992) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (????) (USA) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (2008) (USA) (DVD)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

97 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | USA:Approved (PCA #7856)

Filming Locations:

Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Company:

Warner Bros

Trivia:

A modern source includes Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Ward Bond, Barton MacLane and Elisha Cook Jr. as patrons of the Southside Tavern, where director John Huston's famous actor/father Walter Huston was a bartender in a cameo role. There were only six other men at the bar, none of whom remotely looking like any of these actors. There were no women in the tavern except for Bette Davis. These actors were just not in the film.

Quotes:

Roy Timberlake:Parks are for the very rich or the very poor.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "This Is Your Life: Bette Davis" (1971)

Soundtrack:

Bridal Chorus (Here Comes the Bride)

Melodrama at its best, with classy stars.

I am not certain Ellen Glasgow's book is faithfully reproduced in this movie, but John Huston has brought to the screen an excellent melodrama, featuring two of Hollywood's greatest actresses (both dual Oscar winners) in Bette Davis and Olivia de Havilland. The story of the two sisters' relationships with each other, and their men played by two very boring actors George Brent and Dennis Morgan is very well told, with Davis having a great final scene with her uncle as depicted by Charles Coburn. The young Afro-American actor Anderson played his role extremely sensitively and possibly was the first of his race to be cast in a movie in this light. Character actors such as Lee Patrick and Hattie McDaniel certainly added to the charm of this film. I do feel that the character Roy (de Havilland) could have been better developed by the script, but as usual, she carried it off brilliantly. Billie Burke was featured in a most unusual role for her, and she did it well.