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4 VHS BETTE DAVIS: Old Maid - All this & Heaven Too - Great Lie - A St - $10 (NOBLESVILLE)
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THE OLD MAID (1939) with Miriam Hopkins, George Brent, Jane Bryan, and Donald Crisp. "The 31 year old Davis ages 30 years in the part of Charlotte Lovell, an unwed mother who bears a daughter soon after the father (Brent) is killed in the Civil War. Taken away at birth by Charlotte's treacherous cousin Delia (Hopkins), the child's misguided devotion is won by the later, who raises her, while the once-lovely Charlotte deteriorates into a severe, tight-lipped "sour old maid". The contrast of these disparate characters creates a powerful drama".
ALL THIS, AND HEAVEN TOO (1940) with Charles Boyer, Jeffrey Lynn, Barbara O'Neil, Virginia Weidler, and Henry Daniell. "Few crimes, real or fictional, are as haunting as the true-life murder case that rocked Paris in the 1840's. The notorious scandal is brought brilliantly to the screen by the stellar performances of Davis and Boyer. Best picture Academy Award nomination".
THE GREAT LIE (1941) with George Brent, Mary Astor, Lucile Watson, Hattie McDaniel, and Grant Mitchell. "Davis and Astor made this riveting film transforming it into a scathing, cunning 101 minute cat-fight between a woman wronged and the wrong kind of woman".
A STOLEN LIFE (1946) with Glenn Ford, Dane Clark, Walter Brennan, and Charles Ruggles. "Playing identical twins - one good, one evil, and both in love with the same man - gives Bette Davis plenty of room to let go! As Kate Bosworth, she is a shy artist who falls for lighthouse inspector Bill (Ford). As Pat Bosworth, she is a predatory collector of men who steals Bill from Kate and marries him. When the twins have a boating accident and Pat drowns, Kate, weakened from the ordeal, goes along with a case of mistaken identity and pretends to be her sister. The sparks and surprises then start to fly'!