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Title: In This Our Life (1942)
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| Complete credited 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 | ... | Police Inspector Millett | |
| William Forrest | ... | Forest Ranger | |
A young woman, Stanley Timberlake, dumps her fiance, Craig Fleming, and runs off with her sister Roy's husband, Peter Kingsmill. They marry, settle in Baltimore, and Stanley ultimately drives Peter to drink and suicide. Stanley returns home to Richmond only to learn that her sister Roy and old flame Craig have fallen in love and plan to marry. The jealous and selfish Stanley attempts to win back Craig's affections, but her true character is revealed when, rather than take the rap herself, she attempts to pin a hit and run accident on the young black clerk, Parry Clay, who works in Craig's law office. Written by Bonnie Barber <bonbar@mit.edu>
I remember, in my former life, a long, long time ago, when a college professor told me that something that is created by another human being that gets your attention and stirs something inside you, and gets your visual attention, and captivates you, maybe is art.
Well, this motion picture got my attention. Yes, it captivated me. The story, the actors and the moral was superb. Many times when I see these movies of an older era, I try to imagine in my mind, what the adult audience was thinking then, as they saw the story, the emotion, the characters. All the actors did a excellent job. Bettie Davis did it to me again. Her character made me hate her, and feel pity for her at the same time.
I still don't understand why I still have a crush on her. Maybe it's that old false thinking that the right man, could change her, me! Through the years, the more I see her, the more I love her.
All too often, many reviewers pick a motion picture or the actors apart on some of the most insignificant and minuet details. The director should have done this or it wasn't true to the book, or she or he could have acted a little better, blah, blah, blah. Even I have done that-- more than once. But, if things are done "reasonably" well and it holds your attention... Well, that's entertainment. That is what you pay the ticket at the box office window for. If I had paid for a ticket at the old box office for this movie, I could say that I got more than my monies worth in entertainment. And, I am still thinking about it after the movie is over.