Of Human Bondage (1934) BETTE DAVIS

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  • čas přidán 10. 06. 2018
  • Stars: Bette Davis, Leslie Howard, Frances Dee
    Director: John Cromwell
    Writer: W. Somerset Maugham (Novel)
    In this Pre-Code Hollywood melodrama, a young man's quest to win the love of a cold-hearted waitress may ultimately destroy them both. Widely regarded as the film that made Bette Davis a star!
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  • @bellacucina3209
    @bellacucina3209 Před 29 dny +4

    Only in old age did Bette appreciate the beauty that she was.

  • @Blessedup69
    @Blessedup69 Před 3 lety +25

    Stay away from toxic people in general is what I've learned from this

    • @poetcomic1
      @poetcomic1 Před měsícem

      But Philip was a self-loathing masochist dragging his clubfoot through life and it is as if he came to Mildred to be 'punished'. He was toxic with self-loathing.

  • @jaf8771
    @jaf8771 Před 3 lety +264

    The scene where Bette said: "Every time I kissed you, I had to wipe my mouth!!.... wipe my mouth!!"... had to be the best acting I've ever seen by a female actress. That scene was dynamic...what an icon...what an artist she was.

    • @vickiebunch5703
      @vickiebunch5703 Před 2 lety +19

      Yeah! I've always had a thing for Leslie Howard since Scarlet Pimpernell. This is a great movie hope all enjoy. Peace everyone...Vickie

    • @susanmwilson1371
      @susanmwilson1371 Před 2 lety +21

      @@vickiebunch5703 I like Leslie Howard too.He did Gone with the Wind............Oh Ashley😆😝

    • @loretta_3843
      @loretta_3843 Před 2 lety +11

      It's great, really great!

    • @Rippypoo
      @Rippypoo Před 2 lety +13

      Too bad she was snubbed by the Academy. She should have received the Oscar for that speech alone.

    • @marysepradet6162
      @marysepradet6162 Před 2 lety +8

      yes , absolutely nasty , poor Philip, love this movie !

  • @fnuppyfnup
    @fnuppyfnup Před 4 měsíci +8

    Just as women should not tolerate abusive men, men should run from women like this. Bette Davis is an extraordinary actress.

  • @jmbrinck
    @jmbrinck Před 11 měsíci +53

    Of all Bette Davis' performances, I was most haunted by this one. She was one of the most--if not THE most--extraordinarily gifted actors in film history. I'm deeply grateful to PizzaFlix for offering this and so many other stunning films.

  • @xxx380xxx
    @xxx380xxx Před 10 měsíci +9

    What a woman. What an actress. What a career.
    What a gift to the world of cinema.

  • @katw.6519
    @katw.6519 Před rokem +8

    Human Bondage...human love. All the same - how we need things and other people to live; how we want what doesn't want us. The lover and the loved. Classic cinema, classic story.

  • @lisalindsey277
    @lisalindsey277 Před 4 lety +40

    Bette Davis not only accepted roles that were less than glamorous, she embraced them. They say this made it easier for her to transition from young actress roles to old lady roles and even hags - like Baby Jane Hudson. She should have won the Oscar for Baby Jane.

    • @philipkuttner7945
      @philipkuttner7945 Před 2 lety +4

      Hush hush sweet Charlotte is even better.

    • @jamesfreeman2258
      @jamesfreeman2258 Před rokem +1

      Ditto

    • @EYE_GOTCHA
      @EYE_GOTCHA Před 5 měsíci

      @@philipkuttner7945
      For someI don’t like “Hush, hush…” as much as “Baby Jane”, and I rarely watch it. I wish that Joan hadn’t quit the film, but understand why she did.

  • @JudgeJulieLit
    @JudgeJulieLit Před 3 lety +10

    Stupendous acting by Leslie Howard and Bette Davis.

  • @CissyBrazil
    @CissyBrazil Před 2 lety +33

    I have watched this movie several times because of Bette Davis. Apparently, she developed that Bette Davis walk very early on and the way her temper flares. She was so fantastic!

  • @alexanderperry1844
    @alexanderperry1844 Před 3 lety +21

    In 1934 Leslie Howard was the star. His career was cut short when the aircraft he was flying in was lost.
    Bette Davis gives a stunning performance as well.

    • @donaldpype7018
      @donaldpype7018 Před rokem +4

      I was hoping somebody would remember that about Leslie. He would've top star in Hollywood, I remember his role in captin blood

  • @bethroesch2156
    @bethroesch2156 Před 4 lety +14

    I think that the people who save and preserve/restore these old films are some unsung heroes. Films are an important part of our world because it's a way to experience a tiny bit of history. Not that all films are 100% true and accurate but they can show a lot about how society viewed things, you can see their perspective laid out better

  • @jeaneneenglish2321
    @jeaneneenglish2321 Před 4 lety +10

    Excellent movie!!! There shall NEVER be another BETTY DAVIS!!!! She's considered the 'Creme of the Crop'!!!! I live old movies, I could watch them 24/7 if I had the time. These movies are the BEST of the 20th Century. It beats the movies they make nowadays. These have no cursing, very little nudity, if any at all, and no foul language. #1 on my list.💋❤😍🥰🤟🖖❤🥳♊

  • @lala-gj4oo
    @lala-gj4oo Před 2 lety +13

    bette davis took the world by storm. she was so unusual and unique. a hell of an actress. rip ms davis

  • @jiananlee5482
    @jiananlee5482 Před 4 lety +55

    Story is still seems fresh after 80 plus years

  • @robindaniels3169
    @robindaniels3169 Před rokem +5

    One of Bette's earliest & best roles.She was never afraid to play parts that were not always attractive..

  • @Gregk123
    @Gregk123 Před 5 lety +44

    D E A R V I E W E R S ! ! ! Please remember to click on THUMBS UP for this excellent movie that's also been uploaded with optional closed captioning, not to mention the very high quality upload. Let's click on THUMBS UP for such wonderful uploads of our beloved oldie movies and thus remind Google/CZcams to encourage such uploads and, on the other hand, to discourage many of the other butchered, unwatchable videos elsewhere that deserve thumbs down and our critical comments. THANKS, AGAIN, for this excellent upload of a wonderful movie!

  • @donna25871
    @donna25871 Před 4 lety +52

    A travesty that Bette Davis didn’t win the Oscar for this film - it is one of her best performances.

    • @mianno58
      @mianno58 Před 3 lety +5

      Totally agree, but I think this here breakthrough role.

    • @minavamp2811
      @minavamp2811 Před 3 lety +9

      not only that she didn't win for this performance, she wasn't even officially nominated for this performance. matter of fact claudette cobert thought that davis was going to win, because davis's performance was so good. her acting in this movie was way ahead of its time.

    • @ant7936
      @ant7936 Před 3 lety +3

      Perhaps the subject matter and character were too raw for the time.
      She played the oat too well!

  • @GiftSparks
    @GiftSparks Před 3 lety +44

    There have been 3 versions of “Of Human Bondage” and all of them skip over the wonderful first part of the book that explains so much about the formation of Philip’s character. The death of his parents, his upbringing by unloving elderly aunt and uncle, his years at school. I fell in love with this book in high school and have always been disappointed in the screen plays of the films. I wish the BBC would make an actual mini series of this. But back to this version- LOVE Leslie Howard and Bette Davis.

    • @user-jl7ym4en5b
      @user-jl7ym4en5b Před 3 lety +3

      I truly look forward to the book arriving this week. Thank you.

    • @GiftSparks
      @GiftSparks Před 3 lety +4

      @@user-jl7ym4en5b Oh wow! I do hope you enjoy it. The first part was actually my favorite part of the story. Without going into detail, Maugham was a gay man who had to disguise it for much of his life (well, at least the first 40 years- then he because rich and stopped caring way people thought). Someone once posited that the character of Mildred in real life was actually a man. This explains some of the turbulence and anger of him never being able to attain her.

    • @user-jl7ym4en5b
      @user-jl7ym4en5b Před 3 lety +4

      @@GiftSparks What a spin, even a sin!,⁰ especially for those days. I will read this book over 3 days, & then re-read it after a few days at a normal pace - absorbing it in search of details, nuances and innuendo. Thank you far these insights.

    • @GiftSparks
      @GiftSparks Před 3 lety +2

      @@user-jl7ym4en5b please come back and let me know what you think!

  • @arieloates5334
    @arieloates5334 Před rokem +6

    One of my favorite movies of all time🙏🏾

  • @cynthialyman2636
    @cynthialyman2636 Před 4 lety +82

    When it comes to human relationships, some things never change. The faces, the names, the fashion and speech, yes, but not the behavior. Thank you for this classic. Bette was always riveting.

  • @Dequa21
    @Dequa21 Před rokem +4

    I love black and white films but this is a work of art wow!!!

  • @wk1810
    @wk1810 Před 3 lety +31

    There's a man in my neighborhood who has severe clubbed feet and has to wear special boots. Two girls waiting at the bus stop one day had laughed at him after he passed by them. I gave those girls such a tongue-lashing their faces turned as red as poppies!

    • @ceejay4688
      @ceejay4688 Před 2 lety +3

      Kudos to you.x

    • @jenniferr9624
      @jenniferr9624 Před 2 lety +5

      Good for you. People who make fun of others are trash.

    • @casserinetoussaint9719
      @casserinetoussaint9719 Před 2 lety

      Good for you! The ignorant little shrews.

    • @user-mw7hh7em2b
      @user-mw7hh7em2b Před 8 měsíci

      But if a clubfoot can be corrected, why would anyone not have the surgery done? Cost? Availability of medical facilities or lack thereof? What?

    • @kellyalves756
      @kellyalves756 Před 7 měsíci

      Well done.

  • @harrietlyall1991
    @harrietlyall1991 Před 3 lety +43

    Brilliant acting by Bette and Leslie, of a brilliant story by master psychologist and narrator, W Somerset Maugham. A gripping, five star movie experience. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

  • @AnnaZeman-yu8dg
    @AnnaZeman-yu8dg Před rokem +9

    I have watched this film many times and will watch it many more times. It is brilliant!!!

  • @f.m.r.1437
    @f.m.r.1437 Před 4 lety +82

    Bette Davis could have played the role of a wall waiting for paint to dry & people would've watched enthralled. Excellence in all forms from her!

    • @sissybrooks8588
      @sissybrooks8588 Před 3 lety +1

      She always struck me as a bit weird. Maybe the way the film shows her.

    • @2getha5eva
      @2getha5eva Před 2 lety +1

      I've never much cared for her, to he honest. She sort of rubs me the wrong way.

    • @cedrikmichelofficiel
      @cedrikmichelofficiel Před 2 lety +1

      @@2getha5eva don't flatter yourself, she would not even touch you with a barge pole.

    • @2getha5eva
      @2getha5eva Před 2 lety

      Ouch! 💥
      I'd presume it would be likewise for you.

    • @Zsghi
      @Zsghi Před 2 lety +2

      What a hilarious comment! 😆 I would watch her "waiting to get dry"!!

  • @CissyBrazil
    @CissyBrazil Před 3 lety +18

    I love this movie so much that I’ve seen it two or three times now. Betty Davis with a cockney accent is priceless.

  • @talithafreitas4610
    @talithafreitas4610 Před 3 lety +4

    Two of my faves: Bette Davis and Leslie Howard 😍

  • @michelleshoffner7976
    @michelleshoffner7976 Před 5 lety +109

    One of my absolute favorite movies ever made, and just to think I discovered this classic by accident. Bette Davis and Leslie Howard are just amazing.

    • @KyDarkWatch
      @KyDarkWatch Před 5 lety +13

      Check out "The Petrified Forest" with a much younger Bette Davis and Leslie Howard and the first "big" film debut of Humphrey Bogart. You won't be disappointed!

    • @lynnfisher3037
      @lynnfisher3037 Před 2 lety +3

      So was the man who wrote the book.

    • @AnnaZeman-yu8dg
      @AnnaZeman-yu8dg Před 11 měsíci +2

      One of my absolute favorites too. For numerous reasons.

    • @agemoth
      @agemoth Před 10 měsíci

      i watched 20 minutes of it and found it so boringly wordy and non action that i swiched off. i have loved other movies of hers though. THIS one, Of Human Bondage, is a masterpiece!@@KyDarkWatch

  • @mzmelindapeacelove3447
    @mzmelindapeacelove3447 Před 4 lety +89

    So old but still so relevant to many relationships

  • @billperspic2479
    @billperspic2479 Před 5 lety +62

    The scene when Davis walks out of the bedroom is AMAZING. She was a superior actress in a time when drama and intrigue were using the new film technology to its fullest.

    • @annking8633
      @annking8633 Před 3 lety +3

      Mildred is a piece of work. So unlikeable...

  • @jeanettedegiulio8220
    @jeanettedegiulio8220 Před 5 lety +26

    Thank you for this movie. Human nature to want what is not good for us. I could never treat anyone the way she treated him. That poor little baby 😭

  • @BeliveInMagik55
    @BeliveInMagik55 Před 4 lety +14

    My heart skipped a beat every time she came back .... It was evident she meant no good. - She reminds me of the woman in the film "All about Eve" 1950

    • @ayelets9816
      @ayelets9816 Před 2 lety +1

      It's the same actress. Bette Davis starred in All About Eve.

    • @philipkuttner7945
      @philipkuttner7945 Před 2 lety +3

      @@ayelets9816 But it was Anne Baxter who played the manipulative character in All About Eve. Marilyn Monroe played a brief cameo that's hilarious.

    • @michaelsnider2484
      @michaelsnider2484 Před 2 lety +2

      IMO All About Eve is the finest black and white film ever made! If you like Ms Davis even the slightest bit, check it out. I feel it is her finest role.

    • @kendavid891
      @kendavid891 Před 2 měsíci +1

      My dad&mom have almost all Bette Davis movies, she and Katherine Hepburn are my favorite actresses of all time 👸 👑

  • @jeannehageman3198
    @jeannehageman3198 Před 5 lety +15

    An all-time favorite. Excellent writing, direction and acting. Howard and Davis were two of the very best. Howard was a highly under-rated actor! Treat yourself to Howard & Bergman in Intermezzo. It's definitely on my top 10 list!

  • @personanon-grata5083
    @personanon-grata5083 Před 3 lety +7

    As a young girl, I was enthralled by Bette Davis. I love these old B&W classics. Thanks.

  • @monicaurschitz1548
    @monicaurschitz1548 Před 3 lety +4

    Love Leslie Howard, in any of his roles. With Bette Davis I just can't see it. I've always found her acting 'over the top'. Great film though, thanks for posting.

    • @jennygibbons1258
      @jennygibbons1258 Před 2 lety +2

      Yes she’s watchable but highly overrated. Best role by far was in Baby Jane.

  • @wmperkins25
    @wmperkins25 Před 5 lety +130

    This was much more intense than I thought it would be, great film and acting, just a big WOW for Bette and Leslie. I could see his bondage to her in everything he did and said, he could not be free of her until she was gone. I'm sure others have made the same (obvious) observation too. Bette was the perfect woman for this role, I enjoyed it thoroughly.

    • @AnnaZeman-yu8dg
      @AnnaZeman-yu8dg Před rokem +3

      Bette Davis was never afraid to accept any difficult or unflattering role throughout her long career.

    • @akrenwinkle
      @akrenwinkle Před rokem +4

      @@AnnaZeman-yu8dg According to Bette herself, she turned down "Come Back, Little Sheba" because she thought the audience wouldn't believe she was stupid.

    • @RightCitified
      @RightCitified Před 10 měsíci +1

      @@akrenwinkleThat’s good. I agree.

    • @akrenwinkle
      @akrenwinkle Před 10 měsíci +1

      @@RightCitified Bette was right. I'm trying to imagine her stupid; I can't. She couldn't pull it off.

  • @gonebamboo4116
    @gonebamboo4116 Před 5 lety +10

    What a pleasure to see a descent movie for a change

  • @Rhiaanon
    @Rhiaanon Před 4 lety +24

    One of the greatest actors of all time! Bette was amazing in this!

  • @kittenfuud
    @kittenfuud Před 4 lety +6

    I lay here binge watching on my phone, transfixed with this film, probably the 5th I've watched tonight. Leslie Howard and Bette Davis were so amazing in it! Here's the kicker - I had no idea I was watching Of Human Bondage!

  • @bobwallace9814
    @bobwallace9814 Před 4 lety +45

    Great performances! This should be required viewing by all who don't seem to understand life is all about choices we make and the consequences that follow. Time wasted that will never come back to you.

    • @user-jl7ym4en5b
      @user-jl7ym4en5b Před 3 lety +2

      We have moments of clarity on the matter of timing being wasted, but it really became clear to me, day in & day out, once I hit 55.

    • @myapinion7532
      @myapinion7532 Před 2 lety +1

      @@prototek100 I'm not like that at all. I don't be all nice and sweet for anyone, if they don't like me how l am, so be it. And l'm not mean and selfish either. I'm a bit of a doormat if anything, and I try to help others as much as l can.

    • @aristophanesghost3839
      @aristophanesghost3839 Před 2 lety +1

      Choices don't occur in a vacuum. Any other view is naive.

  • @beth2398
    @beth2398 Před 4 lety +24

    Leslie Howard had great screen presence. Bette Davis is great, too. Wonderful movie from the golden age.

  • @reneehenderson6134
    @reneehenderson6134 Před 4 lety +42

    Of Human Bondage, Mr. Skeffington, The Letter, and Whatever Happened to Baby Jane. Bette Davis. Then she was a heroine in Now Voyager and All About Eve. She had unbelievable range and versatility. ... and don't talk about The Virgin Queen where she evoked palpable undercurrent.

    • @mariapacheco4668
      @mariapacheco4668 Před 3 lety +1

      And the 2 that she plays a double role in. As twin Sisters. Both were so good. Can not recall, for the life of me. either of movies titles. I'll be back❗

    • @mianno58
      @mianno58 Před 3 lety +1

      Baby Jane should have given her 3rd Oscar

    • @skyqueen1148
      @skyqueen1148 Před 3 lety

      @@mariapacheco4668 The Two Faces of Eve? My sister was neighbors with Eve. She had a Split Personality Diagnosis, I believe.

    • @HamishDownie
      @HamishDownie Před 19 dny

      @@mariapacheco4668 it’s called “Stolen Life”, later on there’s the horror film “Dead Ringers”

    • @HamishDownie
      @HamishDownie Před 19 dny

      @@skyqueen1148 wasn’t that Paul Newman’s wife?

  • @marysepradet6515
    @marysepradet6515 Před 5 lety +21

    I adored this film , and the book too (read the book after) Leslie Howard is a fantastic actor !

  • @tjp2109
    @tjp2109 Před 4 lety +5

    What an emotional rollercoaster.

  • @MrTrackman100
    @MrTrackman100 Před 3 lety +16

    "It's still the same old story" : Falling in love with the wrong person.

  • @PARIS-FRANCE
    @PARIS-FRANCE Před 3 lety +1

    MILLE ET UN MERCI POUR CE P'TIT BIJOU !.. PLUS LA CERISE SUR LE GÂTEAU LE REGARD UNIQUE DE BETTE DAVIS !..

  • @mikrif2767
    @mikrif2767 Před 5 lety +22

    A sizzling combination of Leslie Howard and Bette Davis in an unrepeatable rendition of this great novel. I never tire of watching it, and I discover new facets with every viewing. They just don't make 'em like they used to. Quirky note, the star credits has THREE Reginalds in it...must have been a popular name in those days.

    • @AnnaZeman-yu8dg
      @AnnaZeman-yu8dg Před rokem

      Given names have periods of popularity. Reginald was very popular at the time of this film.

    • @lorianne4608
      @lorianne4608 Před rokem +1

      There was a character named Reginald Farrier in The Wingless Bird, based on novel authored by Catherine Cookson, and featured on PBS in or around 1997. I really quite like the name.

  • @fuzzydan4544
    @fuzzydan4544 Před 3 lety +7

    This is a good movie. A friend turned me onto Bette Davis in the 80's. Have an autograph photo of her. Its cool. She's such a great actress. One reason she got this part was no actress during that era wanted to play the part because of how she looked later in movie.. lol Worked out for her.. ✨🐬

  • @stevevilinsky7464
    @stevevilinsky7464 Před 4 lety +25

    THIS CLASSIC FILM DRIVES HOME A VERY IMPORTANT POINT, YOU CAN'T FIND INNER HAPPINESS AND SERENITY IN OTHER PEOPLE UNTIL YOU HAVE DEVELOPED WITHIN YOURSELF. ALSO, IT'S ALWAYS A REVELATION WHEN YOU VIEW AN 86 YEAR OLD FILM THAT'S BEEN RESTORED. SOME OF THESE CLASSIC FILMS ARE UNFORTUNATELY NONEXISTENT.

    • @PizzaFLIX
      @PizzaFLIX  Před 4 lety +5

      Thanks for watching PizzaFLIX

    • @coryd2668
      @coryd2668 Před 2 lety

      How fortunate are we? The restoration is marvelous!

  • @pattimccraw6168
    @pattimccraw6168 Před 3 lety +2

    Bette Davis was one of my favorite actress

  • @Leroy175
    @Leroy175 Před rokem +2

    I remembered seeing this movie 🎬 about 35yrs ago. But had forgotten its name. It was and still is, one great movie!

  • @norlavine
    @norlavine Před 2 lety +4

    What an epic classic portrayal of human emotions and vulnerability.NB:Laughed at the scene with two doctors casually lighting up and smoking in the hospital scrub room!

  • @annazeman8521
    @annazeman8521 Před 3 lety +3

    My Mom died many years ago, but if she were still alive I would ask her if she and Dad had seen this film. She occasionally used the comment, "Good riddance to bad rubbish." Perhaps she heard it here in this film.

    • @tennysontableau
      @tennysontableau Před 2 lety

      An unforgettable line, from an unforgettable character.

  • @hikerchicmerlot7424
    @hikerchicmerlot7424 Před 4 lety +17

    the actress who played Sally....wow, what a lovely girl!

    • @jamesryan6008
      @jamesryan6008 Před 3 lety +3

      Frances Dee, married to Joel McCrae for decades. One of the real beauties of the thirties.

  • @sojourningteddybear6838
    @sojourningteddybear6838 Před 5 lety +66

    What a lesson I learned from this film. I gave and gave to someone who could care less if I lived or died, now I’m just waiting on my real love to fill those shoes. I wish I was as wise as Leslie was in this film. 💔

    • @JudgeJulieLit
      @JudgeJulieLit Před 4 lety +15

      His character Philip, although a brilliant artist and medic, did not get that heart wisdom until the film's very end--long after she had serially dumped him, verbally excoriated his fragile ego, madwoman ransacked his apartment, goring his cherished paintings and torching his money to pay for medical school. Likely you're ahead of his learning curve there.

    • @kerryhorwitz4093
      @kerryhorwitz4093 Před 4 lety +3

      Judgejulielit has spoken wisely. I have nothing of substance to add, only that I wish you well ✨

    • @sojourningteddybear6838
      @sojourningteddybear6838 Před 4 lety +2

      JudgeJulieLit sadly, I still pine after the one I want. Thought I was over it. 😢 😡

    • @stevevilinsky7464
      @stevevilinsky7464 Před 4 lety +8

      TO SOJOURNING TEDDY BEAR , INNER HAPPINESS AND SERENITY CAN ONLY COME FROM ONE PERSON "YOU". TOO MANY PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD DEPEND ON OTHER PEOPLE, VIA RELATIONSHIPS. NO DICE , BEST BET ,STAND ON YOUR OWN TWO FEET. NUFF SAID.

    • @KingsDaughter1958
      @KingsDaughter1958 Před 4 lety +7

      @@stevevilinsky7464 I disagree: inner joy only comes from a salvation relationship with Jesus Christ. Once our eternal connection to the Lord is righted, only then can we find satisfaction in this life, with or without a human "soul mate."

  • @valkyriesardo278
    @valkyriesardo278 Před rokem +7

    She was not afraid to look like hell when most other women dreaded looking anything other than gorgeous. And yet she had a beauty all her own even with the bulging eyes and the too small mouth, an authentic woman.

    • @PizzaFLIX
      @PizzaFLIX  Před rokem +1

      I think she is beautiful 🍕

    • @dreamer33ish
      @dreamer33ish Před rokem +1

      So do I! My favourite actress of all of them! I’ve always wished I could be as beautiful as she….perfect quality…thanks for putting on You tube….

  • @lovearttherapyalways
    @lovearttherapyalways Před 3 lety +5

    Excellent movie depicting the jezebel spirit so well in Bette Davis"s role. Thanks for uploading this!

  • @angelahamlett8249
    @angelahamlett8249 Před 4 lety +24

    You love him. He loves her. She loves somebody else. When will we learn to love the person God paired us up with. This is such an old story. A good classic movie. R.I.P. Betty Davis. ♡

    • @susanma4899
      @susanma4899 Před 4 lety +3

      He did learn in the end, I think. We seldom get it right the first time.

  • @maxlinder5262
    @maxlinder5262 Před 5 lety +4

    DAVIS ACADMEY PERFORMANCE............FRANCES DEE.....INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL.......

  • @darleneharris5157
    @darleneharris5157 Před 3 lety +6

    Love 💕 these classic movies!! I’ve watched several over and over cause I never get tired of watching them. Betty Davis is such an amazing actress and my favorite!!!💖

  • @marksuits4379
    @marksuits4379 Před 2 lety +5

    Always find something new in this story... and 'the razor's edge' of this unique powerful performance. It never bores me to see it again, but always scares me a bit... the NPD ice when Bette says "Why... People will think I don't know what all." Nothing is worse than people who throw their own thoughts at "what other people think"... it is the beastly mark of thoughtlessness.

  • @senniewhite6301
    @senniewhite6301 Před 6 lety +43

    The story of two, unknowingly to themselves, self-destructive characters. I like Leslie Howard and his role (especially Gone With the Wind,too), and of course, Betty Davis shows the viciousness of her character and the manipulative powers over Leslie Howard. Thank you for posting such good quality.

    • @wally1452
      @wally1452 Před 5 lety +3

      Sennie...What a fine and accurate comment. Thanks. I liked Ardy's comment above here too. You both laid the crux of the story out very well.

    • @AnnaZeman-yu8dg
      @AnnaZeman-yu8dg Před rokem +1

      My Mom and Dad used to go to the movies every Sunday. Mom picked up the phrase, "good riddance to bad rubbish" from this film. She said it frequently. Now the phrase reminds me of my Mom who lived to age 97.

  • @hatachikoi-chickasawnation6711

    WOW! What an awesome movie. I'm glad Philip found happiness in the end. Now I understand the title of this movie. Philip was strong to the end. Love the story line.

  • @josephinebillingslea8599
    @josephinebillingslea8599 Před 2 lety +4

    I sincerely thank you for your videos. They don't make beautiful, thought provoking movies like this anymore. Wishing there weren't 😪 so many commercials.

  • @jeccawillow3635
    @jeccawillow3635 Před 4 lety +23

    I've read the book and seen the film twice now. Fab film, great quality, great cast. Somerset Maugham was a great writer and put his heart and soul into all his books in a unique way. Thank you for sharing.

  • @sohailahmed1968
    @sohailahmed1968 Před 3 lety +1

    I think this is Bette Davis best movie .. great acting and very good story

  • @56music64
    @56music64 Před 4 lety +4

    Enjoyable, ironic and sad movie. This pandemic lock down has allowed my husband and myself, more time, to find and enjoy, incredible old movies. They certainly knew how to act in those days, there was something about the old movies, which makes them actually better than most of the movies today. Whether it was the silent films which taught them their craft, I am not sure, maybe method acting, whilst hailed as great by us all, somehow lost something? Perhaps only their acting to fall back on, no big action scenes or effects. Recommend these films: The Best Years of Our Lives, Sunrise: a song of two humans, All Quiet on the Western Front, The Story of Emile Zola and My Man Godfrey with William Powell to name just a few which we found to be outstanding

  • @KJ-xc6qs
    @KJ-xc6qs Před 5 lety +46

    Bette Davis deserved the Best Actress Oscar for this film.

    • @gatewayski1
      @gatewayski1 Před 5 lety +9

      She wasn't nominated. Had she been she could have easily earned an Oscar for OF HUMAN BONDAGE. Claudette Colbert won for IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT [1934].

    • @jeffmay7358
      @jeffmay7358 Před 5 lety +10

      She won for 'Dangerous' because she was overlooked for this role. She said she looked at the backend of the Academy Award 'man' when she won and it reminded her husband 'Oscar'. So, the nickname stuck.

    • @newlifeme1
      @newlifeme1 Před 5 lety +7

      I like everything about her acting in this film except her horrible attempt at a British accent.

    • @freddytw206
      @freddytw206 Před 5 lety +2

      @@newlifeme1 it's bad.🐨

    • @Ruby16663
      @Ruby16663 Před 4 lety +4

      @@newlifeme1 I thought it was pretty good for an American actor

  • @diegoandres2906
    @diegoandres2906 Před 5 lety +22

    Bette Davis performance set a way of doing a role in a picture. It´s almost incredible how she turns such a difficult character into a sympathetic light at the end of the film. Great story!

    • @lisalindsey277
      @lisalindsey277 Před 4 lety +2

      Agreed. I actually pitied her character at the end.

  • @merseybeat1963
    @merseybeat1963 Před 5 lety +7

    Betty Davis was a beauty in this..so much is unforgettable in this film.

  • @grandparamone8624
    @grandparamone8624 Před 5 lety +54

    GREAT MOVIE!!!!!! Bette Davis will live on forever

    • @denisecoleman5090
      @denisecoleman5090 Před 3 lety +1

      Yes she will to me the greatest actress of all times.

    • @lala-gj4oo
      @lala-gj4oo Před 2 lety

      absolutely, she has no rival. she was even katherine hepburn's favorite actress.

  • @josephcollins6033
    @josephcollins6033 Před 3 lety +3

    My goodness!!! May the universe bring you great happiness!! Thanks for this. I have never seen it. And the quality is so fine. Thank you!!

  • @PaZaTz55
    @PaZaTz55 Před 5 lety +26

    Great book, great movie. Thank you PizzaFlix. Leslie Howard disappeared during WWII. :-(. Hard to believe this film is 85 years old. Bette Davis is the perfectly convincing wretched wench.

  • @carlmatthews4732
    @carlmatthews4732 Před 5 lety +7

    Classic film. These were movie stars. The legendary Bette Davis.

  • @theone1onhigherground496
    @theone1onhigherground496 Před 5 lety +10

    Bett Davis...1 of the GREATEST character Actresses (Acters) of ALL TIMES..."ON VOYAGER" to the next movie. 💯 👍's Up

  • @artjohnson1757
    @artjohnson1757 Před 5 lety +13

    What a wonderful movie. I thought for sure it would have a very sad ending, and had a great surprise. Don't miss this one.

  • @artheemisia
    @artheemisia Před 5 lety +20

    She was 24 at the beginning of the movie, 25 at the end... Mildred packed a lot of living in just one year!

    • @hikerchicmerlot7424
      @hikerchicmerlot7424 Před 4 lety +4

      OMG...i had thought that too! I even said to my husband ..."whoa, that has to be a misprint.."

    • @JudgeJulieLit
      @JudgeJulieLit Před 4 lety +5

      Not possible "one year," as after meeting and a while dating Philip, she went off with Miller, got pregnant, and after returning to Philip, nine months later had the baby. More months elapse as the baby grows. She runs off with Griffiths for a while, until he dumps her. He has to move "three times" to new addresses, yet doggedly she follows after, camping homeless on his doorstoop till he has her arrested for stalking. More months elapse as Philip courts Sally. Mildred returns, moves in with Philip for more months. When she finally leaves him, she takes her baby who looks over a year old. He drops out of medical school, has surgery to correct his club foot, reunites with Sally, and over weeks recuperates. Over more weeks he seeks a nonmedical job. Sally puts on weight. He moves in with her family. He gets a job in a shoe shop. Mildred returns with a deep cough and lung ailment. She says her baby "died last summer." He gets an April 1933 notice that his uncle died, and his will probated, Philip will get a small bequest. He uses this to study for and pass his University of London, St. Bartholomew Hospital medical examination, and is licensed as a Bachelor of Internal Medicine and Surgery, certificate dated June 15, 1933. During residency Mildred is admitted as a patient and dies. A longest "year."

    • @JudgeJulieLit
      @JudgeJulieLit Před 4 lety +3

      ​@R M It may be that waitress Mildred was born poor to a poor mother of low socioeconomic class and perhaps an abusive (if not absent) father, or series of "uncle" patrons, perhaps who molested her; perhaps the source of Mildred's adult callous emotions toward and vindictive use of men.

    • @aprilized
      @aprilized Před 4 lety +3

      @@JudgeJulieLit it can be 2 years actually. She just turned 24 possibly and was reaching the end of 25

    • @NyanHomeschoolGirl17
      @NyanHomeschoolGirl17 Před 4 lety +1

      My exact though haha

  • @XX-gy7ue
    @XX-gy7ue Před 4 lety +24

    THIS IS AMONG THE GREATEST WORKS OF SOMERSET MAUGHAM , AND SO ONE OF THE GREATEST WORKS OF ART IN HISTORY - THIS MOVIE VERSION AND THE LAURENCE HARVEY VERSION ARE MAGNIFICENT ! AND BETTE DAVIS IS INCREDIBLE !

    • @JamieRobles1
      @JamieRobles1 Před 4 lety +2

      Razor's Edge was done pretty well.

    • @coryd2668
      @coryd2668 Před 2 lety +1

      And don’t forget Kim Novak!!

  • @ronaldworthy157
    @ronaldworthy157 Před 4 lety +16

    Never mind who you love but rather who loves you and you'll learn to love them .

    • @aprilized
      @aprilized Před 4 lety +3

      nope... don't settle. You can find someone who you love just as much as they love you. You don't learn to love. That doesn't happen. You learn to settle

    • @ronaldworthy157
      @ronaldworthy157 Před 4 lety +2

      @@aprilized dear April just let me leave you with this , it's possible to love a thing that's bad for you , and hate a thing that's good for you .
      Please stay well .

    • @aprilized
      @aprilized Před 4 lety +1

      @@ronaldworthy157 people have the right to decide what is good or bad for them. Peer pressure and the idea that you don't know what's good for you is a joke. People should make mistakes seeing as they have the freedom to

  • @theque6566
    @theque6566 Před 3 lety +5

    You can learn so much from anything
    Somerset Maugham wrote. Truly under-rated author.
    His stories are Mostly self autobiographical
    ..... great story

  • @scotnick59
    @scotnick59 Před 6 lety +24

    The condition of this particular print is the finest yet I've ever seen. Movie is pretty good, too - lol

  • @dongji5982
    @dongji5982 Před 5 lety +10

    📣Bette Davis deserve Best Actress Oscar Award !!!! 👍 Make me cry all time. 😢😭

  • @TheBestOfEverything-dt2nt
    @TheBestOfEverything-dt2nt Před 5 lety +58

    Your channel is better than TMC channel. Thanks!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

  • @fintan3563
    @fintan3563 Před 4 lety +96

    “Oh Ashley, Ashley, I love you!” - oops, wrong movie. 😝❤️❤️

    • @lisalindsey277
      @lisalindsey277 Před 4 lety +8

      Poor Ashley always ends up with a mealy-mouthed Melanie type.

    • @debbiethompson14
      @debbiethompson14 Před 3 lety +3

      LMAOOOOO!!!!!!

    • @bonniebucklaw6247
      @bonniebucklaw6247 Před 3 lety +6

      @@lisalindsey277 poor Melanie.. Ashley was a real tart.

    • @pamlyles8905
      @pamlyles8905 Před 3 lety +3

      @@bonniebucklaw6247 I don't know what you mean by tart. But he was believed to be a spy for Churchill, and his plane was shot down in 1943. It was said that he knew the plane would be shot down and he sacrificed himself for the cause.

    • @bonniebucklaw6247
      @bonniebucklaw6247 Před 3 lety +7

      @@pamlyles8905 I'm talking about the character Ashley

  • @patriciareyes635
    @patriciareyes635 Před 3 lety +5

    Can’t tell you how much I LOVE this movie!!❤️

  • @penniboo5818
    @penniboo5818 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Bette Davis... just WOW!!!
    What an increadible actress
    Such a poignant film
    'Human Bondage'
    Love can be so incredibly cruel and brutal when it's unrequited
    It can ruin you IF you let it 💔
    It takes over your whole mind.. (to be madly and obsessively in love with someone it's truly terrible)
    I know....
    Learn to love and respect yourself more is the only answer
    Still hurts though 😢

  • @jeanettesdaughter
    @jeanettesdaughter Před 5 lety +1

    Wonderful face. Those Bette Davis, Diana Ross eyes. Wonderful actor. Could be beautiful, not afraid to be ugly. Now Voyager!

  • @johnnowakowski4062
    @johnnowakowski4062 Před 4 lety +5

    This is like three movies packed into one. Brilliant plot. Thanks!..

  • @JaneFrieman
    @JaneFrieman Před 6 lety +83

    A film brimming with neurotic behavior patterns and sincere love. How a neurosis blinds and twists a person's path in life. Excellent close ups and fine acting are entwined in this black and white film.

    • @wally1452
      @wally1452 Před 5 lety +11

      In reading some of these posts/comments, it is a serious happening to the man especially and now, much older, I see (and am not seeing as well) things I did not when very young at 18 or 20 perhaps. This is a splendid one to have a small group reviewing it. So many of the films from later 1930's through 1950's had substance, esp. 30's & 40's perhaps.

    • @roxannesantoro7503
      @roxannesantoro7503 Před 5 lety

      The Kim Novak, Laurence Harvey version sucked (1964)

    • @janjISMYname
      @janjISMYname Před 4 lety +7

      I know someone as you have described. It's best not to walk, but run AWAY.

    • @mgsa5722
      @mgsa5722 Před 4 lety

      What neurotic behaviour? It seems u hv d neurosis. This film shows human relationship & d bonds or a bondage it can create. U Shud be reading comics.

  • @leighsain3606
    @leighsain3606 Před 18 dny

    I have been a black and white movie buff for 17 years and it's always fun for me to guess the year and get it...spot on...amazes others

  • @ixamxmsright
    @ixamxmsright Před 6 lety +54

    The fabulous Ms Davis ! Cruel and RAW ...loved it ...Ms.Right🌷

  • @Knoyle1632
    @Knoyle1632 Před 5 lety +6

    Wow, Bette Davis eyes !!

  • @gildaminter8718
    @gildaminter8718 Před 4 lety +9

    I can't stop looking at her eyes! They are mesmerising

  • @MSYNGWIE12
    @MSYNGWIE12 Před rokem +1

    Bette is SO much stronger in this role than Kim Novak in the remake- those eyes! And her ability to go from "soft to tough- bitter" quite powerful- she captured the plight of young, uneducated women in that era-

  • @gamesystemaddict3949
    @gamesystemaddict3949 Před 5 měsíci +1

    I'm rather young so I've only taken the time to watch a few black and white movies in my time. This film is 90 years old this year, I had no idea what to expect. However, I'm rather intrigued by the time period, so I thought I'd give it a go. I saw the name Bette Davis and remembered that 80s song 😂😂. Anyway, I'm not even 15 minutes in and im loving it! Looks like theres a whole bew world of film to discover!

  • @perpieta
    @perpieta Před 4 lety +7

    Great to see the talented and underrated Frances Dee here. She'd earlier worked with director John Cromwell on his film The Silver Cord.

    • @magicbulletdancers
      @magicbulletdancers Před 3 lety +1

      I am much obliged ! I'd not heard of The Silver Cord and look fwd to seeing a piece w/ Frances Dee. Best regards from CA:)

  • @XX-gy7ue
    @XX-gy7ue Před 4 lety +17

    THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING THIS MASTERPIECE !

  • @amycarmichael2748
    @amycarmichael2748 Před 3 lety +2

    Bette Davis was a Great Actress!!!