In This Our Life (1942)**** March 19, 2006

Bette Davis plays a particularly nasty bitch in this one, a self centered social path. First, she dumps her fiancé (George Brent) in order to steal the husband (Dennis Morgan) of her sister, played by Olivia de Havilland. De Havilland’s character, and their mother (Billie Burke) constantly make excuses or apologize for their sister’s, or daughter’s respectively, behavior because, among other things, Davis’s uncle (Charles Coburn) has spoiled her rotten. Hattie McDaniel plays the family maid, Ernest Anderson her son who’s given an opportunity to work that few of his race at the time were by de Havilland’s character,

This is truly a wicked pleasure, and there’s more if you want to read in lieu of just watching this film in which Davis’s character goes from evil to insane! After tiring of her forgiving sister’s ex-husband Morgan, she drives him (her new husband) crazy with her selfish behavior et al, causing him to drink and to reach the brink of suicide. Meanwhile, de Havilland and Davis’s ex-fiancé Brent become closer. SPOILER – Davis kills someone in an automobile accident and blames Anderson. Eventually feeling trapped, she runs to her “sugar daddy” uncle Coburn to “come clean”. He’s just found out he’s got 6 months to live, and she wonders (incredibly) how that could possibly take precedence over him helping her!

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March 19, 2006

“ He was the one I enjoyed kissing most. When I was working with him, I could hardly wait to get to rehearsal.” She recalled what it was like when they first met. “I was like a dreamy-eyed schoolgirl when I was with him, but in those days a woman never showed her feelings. Errol never once guessed how much I loved him.”

Olivia De havilland to Errol Flynn

March 19, 2006

“ He was the one I enjoyed kissing most. When I was working with him, I could hardly wait to get to rehearsal.” She recalled what it was like when they first met. “I was like a dreamy-eyed schoolgirl when I was with him, but in those days a woman never showed her feelings. Errol never once guessed how much I loved him.”

Olivia De havilland to Errol Flynn

March 19, 2006

“ He was the one I enjoyed kissing most. When I was working with him, I could hardly wait to get to rehearsal.” She recalled what it was like when they first met. “I was like a dreamy-eyed schoolgirl when I was with him, but in those days a woman never showed her feelings. Errol never once guessed how much I loved him.”

Olivia De havilland to Errol Flynn

March 19, 2006

“ He was the one I enjoyed kissing most. When I was working with him, I could hardly wait to get to rehearsal.” She recalled what it was like when they first met. “I was like a dreamy-eyed schoolgirl when I was with him, but in those days a woman never showed her feelings. Errol never once guessed how much I loved him.”

Olivia De havilland to Errol Flynn

“ He was the one I enjoyed kissing most. When I … March 19, 2006

“ He was the one I enjoyed kissing most. When I was working with him, I could hardly wait to get to rehearsal.” She recalled what it was like when they first met. “I was like a dreamy-eyed schoolgirl when I was with him, but in those days a woman never showed her feelings. Errol never once guessed how much I loved him.”

Olivia De havilland to Errol Flynn

In This Our Life (1942)**** March 19, 2006

Bette Davis plays a particularly nasty bitch in this one, a self centered social path. First, she dumps her fiancé (George Brent) in order to steal the husband (Dennis Morgan) of her sister, played by Olivia de Havilland. De Havilland’s character, and their mother (Billie Burke) constantly make excuses or apologize for their sister's, or daughter's respectively, behavior because, among other things, Davis's uncle (Charles Coburn) has spoiled her rotten. Hattie McDaniel plays the family maid, Ernest Anderson her son who's given an opportunity to work that few of his race at the time were by de Havilland’s character,

This is truly a wicked pleasure, and there's more if you want to read in lieu of just watching this film in which Davis's character goes from evil to insane! After tiring of her forgiving sister's ex-husband Morgan, she drives him (her new husband) crazy with her selfish behavior et al, causing him to drink and to reach the brink of suicide. Meanwhile, de Havilland and Davis's ex-fiancé Brent become closer. SPOILER – Davis kills someone in an automobile accident and blames Anderson. Eventually feeling trapped, she runs to her "sugar daddy" uncle Coburn to "come clean". He's just found out he's got 6 months to live, and she wonders (incredibly) how that could possibly take precedence over him helping her!

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“ He was the one I enjoyed kissing most. When I was working with him, I could hardly wait to get to rehearsal.” She recalled what it was like when they first met. “I was like a dreamy-eyed schoolgirl when I was with him, but in those days a woman never showed her feelings. Errol never once guessed how much I loved him.”

Olivia De havilland to Errol Flynn

I got a crushed on you. March 19, 2006

“ He was the one I enjoyed kissing most. When I was working with him, I could hardly wait to get to rehearsal.” She recalled what it was like when they first met. “I was like a dreamy-eyed schoolgirl when I was with him, but in those days a woman never showed her feelings. Errol never once guessed how much I loved him.”

Olivia De havilland to Errol Flynn

Gigi***1/2 March 19, 2006

Often called the last great movie musical, Gigi (1958), which won nine Oscars, including Best Picture, was certainly the most unlikely. Based on a novella by the French novelist, Colette, it’s the story of a young girl in Belle Epoque Paris who is raised and educated to go into the family business of being a courtesan.

…Written in 1944, Colette’s novel had been made into a French film in 1951, and into a Broadway play in 1953, starring Audrey Hepburn…. It took several years to settle the problems with the censors, then Freed began assembling his team: Vincente Minnelli, director of some of Freed’s most successful musicals (Meet Me In St. Louis (1944), An American in Paris, 1951); writer-lyricist Alan Jay Lerner and his composer partner, Frederick Loewe, who currently had the biggest hit on Broadway, My Fair Lady; music supervisor Andre Previn; and production and costume designer Cecil Beaton.

Note:

Audrey Hepburn was the first choice to play Gigi since she had played the role on stage in 1952, but she was making Funny Face (1957) at the time and declined.

Leslie Caron’s singing voice was overdubbed; however, original demo recordings of “Night they Invented Champagne” and “The Way You Look Tonight” sung by Leslie exist and have been released on CD.

The day after the movie won its nine Oscars, M-G-M telephone operators were instructed to answer all phone calls with, “Hello, M-Gigi-M.”

The cat in the movie reacted violently whenever it was in a scene with Leslie Caron, but director Vincente Minnelli insisted on having that particular cat, so it had to be heavily drugged. This is especially obvious during “Say a Prayer for Me Tonight”.

With only four letters, this movie has the shortest title of any film to win the Oscar for Best Picture. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) is the longest.