Two aged sisters reflect on life and the past during a late summer day in Maine.
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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Bette Davis | ... | Libby Strong | |
| Lillian Gish | ... | Sarah Webber | |
| Vincent Price | ... | Mr. Maranov | |
| Ann Sothern | ... | Tisha Doughty | |
| Harry Carey Jr. | ... | Joshua Brackett | |
| Frank Grimes | ... | Mr. Beckwith | |
| Margaret Ladd | ... | Young Libby | |
| Tisha Sterling | ... | Young Tisha | |
| Mary Steenburgen | ... | Young Sarah | |
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Frank Pitkin | ... | Old Randall |
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Mike Bush | ... | Young Randall |
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It's August. Like they have most summers, elderly widowed sisters Libby Strong and Sarah Webber, who live in Philadelphia, are staying together in the family's summer cottage on an island off the coast of Maine. The cottage, which now belongs to Sarah, has been in their family most of their lives, was the family's summer getaway from Philadelphia when they were younger. There are a few people who have been friends or acquaintances on the island, including the outspoken Tisha Dought, and Joshua Brackett. Someone new at least to Sarah's social circle is Mr. Maranov, a former Russian aristocrat. His stay on the island is threatened when his landlady, Hilda Partridge, passes away. Sarah and Libby have come to the realization they are in the respective twilight of their lives, Sarah, who still keeps busy and wants to savor life's pleasures, acts as now sightless, cantankerous and bitter Libby's caregiver. Sarah knows she can no longer take care of Libby. As such, Sarah has to make ... Written by Huggo
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19 August 1987 (France) See more »Also Known As:
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(uncredited)
Music by Haydn Wood
Lyrics by Frederick Edward Weatherly
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Actress Tisha Sterling played a character, the young Tisha Doughty, who had the same first name as her own. See more »Goofs
When Sarah blows out the candle, the supplementary light from above stays on a beat or two longer before going out. See more »Quotes
Libby Strong: Anna has never been very daughterly... and you have never been very motherly.See more »
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Roses of Picardy(uncredited)
Music by Haydn Wood
Lyrics by Frederick Edward Weatherly
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Until tonight, I had not seen this charming film since it was first released in 1987--at that time I was 30. Now I'm quite a few years older [you do the math--:)]. . .I'm not easily brought to tears, not at weddings, not at funerals, not by sad movies. But the beauty of the final moments with the Misses Davis and Gish caused me to tear up and cry like a baby. How wonderful it is to see these two ladies--plus Mr. Price and Ms. Southern--give such moving and real performances, well past the years when most people have retired and decided it was time to sit around and wait for death. If just one person of my age--or any age, older or younger--sees this film and changes a defeatist attitude, then the actors and writer have done their job.
I know my attitude is changed. . .