Bette Davis In this Our Life Directed by John Huston,.. not only steals the film in the role of Stanley...she proves that she was is and will always be the screens ultimate absolute B_ _ _ _H!! I dont think I can use the word here!! No one compares to her: trampy/twitchy/ impetuous/tempramental/hysteria/Ive seen this film many times cant get my eyes off of her each time and the cast was stellar/ Olivia DeHaviland as the good sister ,Roy,/George Brent/Dennis Morgan, and 5 of the screens great character performers: Hattie MacDaniel/Charles Coburn/Billie Burke/Frank Craven & Lee Patrick.*..despite their efforts its Bettes film...she eats it up swallows it & takes it away..This is considered one of her lesser films coming after The Little Foxes & just before Now Voyager...no Oscar nomination here!! Her portrayal of evil has only been topped on screen twice by Bette herself in The Little Foxes and later on In Baby Jane....* a word should be said about Ernest Anderson very good as Parry the young black man who almost takes the rap for Bette he gives a fine performance...and this film does make a minor statement about racism in the country at the time...brave for the early 1940s! Watch the scene where DeHaviland talks to "Parry" about his future law career..that little scene says much!! Bravo Huston! Bette! Olivia & Ernest Anderson!!!
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