Years ago...I lived in the middle of the desert...a met a lady who drove a beat up old chevy...she was in her 90's...her name was miss audrey...she was a real life stunt woman and dbl'd for betty davis back in the day. For few years id go visit her...she lived down a dirt road alone in a mobile home...I was maybe 25...she really told me some stories...
Wow. I live in the middle of the desert. Wish I could meet a lady like that, but alas, all of those wonderful ladies are no more. I bet she was a hoot! I've had so many friends over the years who have been in music and films and some who everybody would know, and it's always fun to pick their brains about what it's like on that side of the studio walls and to ask about other celebrities too. I've even spoken to some who came just after the golden age too. Real talent that they never seem to lose. Lovely people unlike today's bag of talentless shills.
My mother was 10 years old in 1931 and she and her family lived a far cry from the luxury these people lived in. Poor share cropping family. Some people really did live this well through that awful time. Thank you for this great movie!!!
Its hard to fathom this film was released 90 years ago. Back then childbirth was more risky but most families sat down to dinner, milk was dropped off at your door and the radio was the cornerstone of home entertainment. This was the first movie casting Betty Davis and the debut of Humphrey Bogart , both of which were destined to become legendary stars.
> the debut of Humphrey Bogart Bogie was a co-star with Spencer Tracy in _Up the River_, the screen debut for BOTH of them. Prior to this film, he also had a supporting role as a Wyoming ranch hand(?!?) in _A Holy Terror_.
I was surprised at the excellent quality of this picture. Kudos to those who did such a great job of preserving and restoring these classics.👍 I love the story and the example of forgiveness and love of the father.
I agree....I hope we can continue restoring our precious early films and more of silents, too. This art form in its infancy continues to fascinate both film lovers and history buffs.
1931 was the worst year of the Great Depression. My Grandma and Grandpa were married in 1931. She told me of the difficulties that they went through. Boiled potatoes for dinner. She didn't throw the potato water away for the next meal. Rivals (little dumplings) and a small onion cooked in the potato water they had on the next day. My Grandma was boiling something. My Grandad was out looking for a job. A knock at the door and it was the gas man. "I'm sorry, Ma'am. I'm here to turn off the gas." Imagine what her sorrow was when her husband got home and she had nothing to eat...
My grandmother used potato water to spray on laundry before ironing for starch as they couldn't afford any. She was a nurse during the Spanish flu. So many stories she told me.
Umm.. people all over the world save that water... including mois!!! My father grew up during the Depression....he always said they did not know they were poor...in the fifties when I grew up, we had nothing compared to what we have today! Ever even heard of a "party line"!? Nah..icebox...nah..a baloney sandwich on wonder bread was a delicacy...yes us boomers have lived the good life!!!
I've been watching one per day while working out in front of the screen with bands since my gym is closed right now. A couple months later ........ 45 movies watched and learned a ton of things I never knew...and stronger than ever.
I am old, but I was shocked. I felt Betty Davis grew more beautiful as she aged. Her eyes! I have read she had to keep working. Perhaps it is because she kept working that she is more known. She stands as a great actress for me. Edit:. I neglected to thank u for posting this! Thank you!
I’ve recently became interested in 1920-1935 movies. I understand this is Bette Davis’ first movie. I just fell in love with her. First time I ever saw Humphrey act. I loved this movie. I watched it twice - one right after the other. It’s wild to realize though, that this movie was made during The Great Depression. Very interesting watch - love to see what’s going on around the house as far as washing clothes + how typed correspondence was used. The boy gave the movie a ‘sitcom’ feel, with his antics. Lovely movie 🍿
GO Bette. I adore her. I think she would have been stellar in the bad sister role too. So utterly believable and effortless, the way she inhabits ALL her roles. And of course there are those eyes. : D
Is it just me, or is anyone else reminded of Olive Oil in the Fleischman editions of early Pop Eye cartoons when hearing and seeing Zasu Pitts in this film? Perhaps Pitts served as the inspiration for the character.
I love the ear;y 1930s movies best of all, not just the way they were filmed and lighted but the very best most loved actresses and actors were the finest they ever were and because of the styles the most beautiful, especially the the halowed and etherial look they had. Betty Davis and Humphry Bogart were so young and perfect, both beautiful.
@@superiorqualityproductbypo7380 No, just biologically normal youthful high spirits, and for a boy mischief. This was a pre television, pre cellphone, pre childhood obesity era.
This is the second time I've watched this movie I'll probably watch it again to excel good anything was Betty Davis's good anyway I wasn't even born in 1931 I was born in 1934 that makes me 88 years old now thank you for the movie
Me too. When I was a kid, my heroines were Bette Davis & Eleanor Roosevelt. 60 some years later, they still are. Bette embroidered “Old age is no place for sissies” on a pillow - I loved it then and now! And boy howdy it’s the honest truth!
I like these precode films ! Its fascinating to see what they reveal about the mindsets in this period, with very modern features. I loved to discover young Bette Davis and Bogard, the famous ZaSu, the young brother who is very cute and I like how Sydney Fox plays the "bad sister". After all, she was one of the Wampas 1931 along with other actresses I admire such as Joan Blondell, Frances Dee, Marian Marsh . She died of drug overdose quite young.
Sidney Fox died of an overdose of sleeping pills at age 35. Sleeping pills were very strong back in those days, probably something like seconal or nembutol.
@@gurubhaikhalsa9337 exactly ! Her career and life ended sadly. I'd like to see her in one of her 1930's films, like "Strictly Dishonorable" (IMDb recommendation).
This was Davis' first film. Right from the beginning, you can see how good she was. ZaSu Pitts, who had received acclaim for her performance in von Stroheim's "Greed", starred with Thelma Todd in a series of comedy shorts for Hal Roach. The Booth Tarkington novel had already been filmed twice before.
I just thoroughly enjoyed the performance of the little brother!!! To me he was the star of this film!!! I had three little brothers and his portrayal was on point!!! Always in the snooping business!!!
My mom died of the virus this past week... And I've always drawn comfort from the old black and whites... Stay safe it's a real thing. Btw. Big bogie fan.
So sorry of the loss of your mother, Peter. I miss mine still, after many years. I too love these old movies. Calming, during these horrific times. Peace, to you.
That's terrible news and I hope that you truly find comfort in every way that you can. As you said, it IS a real thing and everyone needs to stay safe. There are lots of films on the channel's playlists so I hope you find further comfort in these wonderful films. Please take care!
oh dear Peter ..im at a loss for the right way to express my thoughts.. ..let me just say i am moved for you to be well .. take heart..courage and strength
I'd not seen this movie before, so glad it popped up! A lovely story, enjoyed it very much. Bogart was about 30 in this film, so young! Bette Davis just starting her career as well. Zasu Pitts, always love her!! The old fashioned house interiors, I'd move in right away.
This is wonderful. About a year ago I purchased this movie on DVD, but it was a U.K. version and it would not play on my United States made DVD Blu-ray player . I try to collect all of Bette Davis's movies and that's why I bought it. But I can see and hear it now thank's to Silver Screen Classics
My son gave me a collection of Midsomer Murders latest edition and I cannot play them ..what a tease. But there has to be a electronic thingy that would change the electrical charge for them. CZcams saves the day.
Awwww 2020 during Covid19 virus-Gr8 movie where Bette Davis didn’t play the lead! The scene stealer was the little brother! Thx for uploading luv the old movies💥💓💕💘💞🎉🍾🎊🎉
@K Ray Not as many as claimed. Fear is a great way to control people. Remember the H1N1 virus in 2009? Of course not. According to the CDC, approximately 60.8 million cases, 274,303 hospitalized and 12,469 deaths. That's just the US. Where were the lockdowns? The fear? The panic? The economic devastation? Millions out of work? People die, that's part of life. How many died of heart disease? Stroke? Suicide? Drug overdoses? 69,029 died last year from drug overdose. Where was the panic? The Fear? The outrage? There was none.
@K Ray The outcome is the same, is it not? Anyone less dead? H1N1 wasn't contagious? I asked about that, did I not? I gave you a fact of life. People die. You ignored the last pandemic completely. I never mentioned cars. Drugs are used to enslave an entire nations. How do you not know that?
Thanks for the movie. David Durand's peformance as Hedrick is great. Nice to see Bette Davis portraying a sweet character, and what a charmer Humphrey Bogart gives us.
What a fun movie. So narcissism and entitlement existed even back then! The "bad sister" is actually a narcissist, full of herself. Her bedroom wall is full of "selfies" :) How little has changed.
Two great actors Bogie and Bette! The rest is history! I had the pleasure of meeting Bogies son Stephen Humphrey Bogart dead ringer for his dad! Here's looking like your dad kid! 🙂👍👏
This was surprisingly very good. The old movies always seem to have characters that have no problem speaking their mind. I wasn't raised in a family like that and it always kind of throws me. I like it, though, I think it portrays real life. Loved the movie!
Hi Absolutely brilliant! The acting was still reminiscent of the silent film era, with the great expressive faces! The little boy stole the show! I love how he was so remorseful for showing his sister's secret diary, and how the bad sister made good her terrible crime! Great to see those epic Hollywood stars, Humphry Bogart and Bette Davis before they got really famous
This film was a 1931 revelation! Thanks for sharing it, I found everything about it fascinating! And that kid that played Hedrick! One of the true stars of the movie...
Pretty good cast for a Universal feature in 1931. They got Davis and Bogart on loan from Warners/First National, where they were secondary players. ZaSu Pitts was one of the great character players, and one who successfully made the transition from silents to sound.
RJ, Bette and Bogart were not under contract to Warners in 1931. Their first studio was Universal Pictures Corporation. They were put under contract by Carl Laemmle when Bette arrived in Hollywood in 1930 as well as Bogart in 1930. Bette's contract was dropped in late 1931. She was freelance for 6 months and was gonna go back to New York as her movie career had not taken off when George Arliss called her to do The Man Who Played God at Warner Brothers in 1932. Bogart was dropped in 1931 and went back to the stage in New York and was only put under contract at Warner Brothers in 1936 when he did the film version of his Broadway hit The Petrified Forest
Today's girls would be shocked by the final scene. Script must have been written in times when women could sacrifice themselves and desired to be good wives. Where is that today?
She got pregnant and needed to get married, They couldn't mention such things back then. The poor guy she did marry bailed out the family and has a bastard kid he doesn't know about.
@@cornfed420 This was probably one of the films that added fuel to the movement for the Hays office despite the concession of letting the rotten sister redeem herself. I guess the idea of that good family going down the tubes was too much for the country at the time.
@@jennyjerome5669 Thank you very much. I like the movie but I just couldn't get my head around how it just wrapped up so quickly at the end with no consequences for the girl. I'm sure something in my psyche caused my reaction. I just wanted to see her get some kind of come up in's and not live happily ever after right away. Don't get me wrong, I'm not a sadist, I didn't want her to be homeless or anything like that just some kind of ... I don't know, something that showed her she F'ed up and got lucky her stupid, backup simp bailed her and her entire family out and paid for everything. Again, maybe it is just me. Have a great new year, we all need it!
@@cornfed420 Well, the bad sister ended up married to Ward, and in those days marital rape was legal and even expected. She had to live with him for a while. That was her penance.
@@huizhechen3779 I'm confused by your reply. Where was the rape? She did some fool passing thru town scamming people. got pregnant. He leaves with the cash. She on the other hand tries to marry the doctor, he says no, then goes after the simp with money and convinces him it's his kid... Oh and @Lee Zeidel who started this thread. She didn't learn a lesson, she made her father a pauper, got knocked up and conned a slow witted guy who she cares nothing about to marry her and bail her out of all of her mistakes. She learned nothing.
Brilliant. Love the old classic pictures. From my late grandparents generation. Grew up watching them. Now with covid got back into watching them all again. So much better than todays stuff. Anybody got any recommendations please. Thanks 🙏😊
Bette Davis admired Peg Entwistle on stage and debuted in this fil with Sidney Fox. Both Peg and Sydney committed suicide after failed careers while Bette became the queen of the golden era of Hollywood.
Zasu Pitts and David Durand were my favorite! Love this movie! The weirdest part to me though was Maryanne begging her dad for $50 for a new dress! $50?! In 1931 that would have been equivalent to about $800 today! This is during the depression too! It seems crazy the father gave that much to her.
I've lived like that ALL my life. Thrifty not by choice, but by smarts..I've beenstocking up and carrying all my stuff up to the top floor. I recycle because I have to!
When the little brother saw how heartbroken she was really touched me yea he’s annoying but he really cares about his sister...all little siblings do stupid things. He went to console her I went Awww 😍
Great movie,a lesson to be learned..teaches us that family unity and forgiveness is what is important. Betty Davis stole the show,she really was meant to be an actress. The little brother was exceptionally talented and so expressive. Wonder what became of him? Good movies are far in between. Thank you.
I love Zasu Pitts she was a brilliant woman and actress. Bette was awesome. This movie was really before Bette was a full pledge star. She came into her own after a few movies. She was also brilliant. I think Bette was about 21 years old in this movie. I remember having a few dairies in my teenage years. When my mom died and l moved back to the house that l grew up in. My childhood home. I found them. I spent a few hours reading them again. It was like l was a teenager again. So much fun to reminiscence on my past. I would have slapped Marianne also that little witch faking a faint
You are very welcome! There are quite a few playlists including some new ones, so don't forget to subscribe and enjoy these wonderful old films. I also agree that we need these films these days!
I just turned 60 years old and I've been watching old movies almost all my life, Betty Davis is my favorite actress of all times never did like Joan CollinsI own most of Bette Davis's movies I do not own this one, my favorite movie from Bette Davis is the little foxes, I also like in this our life please see if you can put those up
Wasn't Henry the cutest thing, "Thank you Millie Dahhhhling"...LMAO. When you can already deliver spot on smartassery, sarcasm and acerbic wit at that age...well, you're gonna be trouble..LMAO
My favourite channel TCM...my favourite actress Bette Davis ..I love these movies they bring such a sense of comfort..The good old days are long gone 😢 the movies today have no spark nor do the actors.....Its all dead beauty....😬
The 1930s was a decade of great transformation for motion pictures. It (and Davis) went from this wonderful, but archaic and stagy production, to masterpieces like "Dark Victory."
WOW!!!! THANK YOU THANK YOU for posting this film. Sidney was BEAUTIFUL (sad we lost her too soon), I want to see EVERY THING Bette Davis was in, ZaSu (!!!!) I mean come on. Never been in to Bogart, but okay. I don't know of the rest of the cast but what good film and good performances. I love it so much! ❤
I love this music remind me when I was a little girl...I love American black and white movie..and I always happy...and dream.. TQ for this video..good luck..
Toni Trigger much? If one has the right to butcher the language hasn't another the right to point it out? Your response was worse than the offense. You reveal yourself.
@@andrewbillingsley9377 No, you and cubo reveal YOURSELVES. And she didn't have to say it in a miserably bitchy way. 😜 And so what if they haven't been in the USA all their lives. What's your point?
Years ago...I lived in the middle of the desert...a met a lady who drove a beat up old chevy...she was in her 90's...her name was miss audrey...she was a real life stunt woman and dbl'd for betty davis back in the day. For few years id go visit her...she lived down a dirt road alone in a mobile home...I was maybe 25...she really told me some stories...
I would have loved to hear her take on working with Bette Davis!
I'd love to hear those stories!
What a load of rubbish...as if.
Lol
Wow. I live in the middle of the desert. Wish I could meet a lady like that, but alas, all of those wonderful ladies are no more.
I bet she was a hoot!
I've had so many friends over the years who have been in music and films and some who everybody would know, and it's always fun to pick their brains about what it's like on that side of the studio walls and to ask about other celebrities too.
I've even spoken to some who came just after the golden age too. Real talent that they never seem to lose. Lovely people unlike today's bag of talentless shills.
My mother was 10 years old in 1931 and she and her family lived a far cry from the luxury these people lived in. Poor share cropping family. Some people really did live this well through that awful time.
Thank you for this great movie!!!
Its hard to fathom this film was released 90 years ago. Back then childbirth was more risky but most families sat down to dinner, milk was dropped off at your door and the radio was the cornerstone of home entertainment. This was the first movie casting Betty Davis and the debut of Humphrey Bogart , both of which were destined to become legendary stars.
Bette Davis's last screen appearance - Wicked Stepmother (1989) with the great Evelyn Keyes: czcams.com/video/IHntPzuAt2M/video.html
> the debut of Humphrey Bogart
Bogie was a co-star with Spencer Tracy in _Up the River_, the screen debut for BOTH of them. Prior to this film, he also had a supporting role as a Wyoming ranch hand(?!?) in _A Holy Terror_.
It was the screen debut for Bette Davis and Sidney Fox.
@@molliemae6855 Such are the unknowable fates .... Bette Davis went on to international stardom and few today will know who Sidney Fox was.
Both of whom
Humphrey Bogart as a young man almost unrecognizable
I was surprised at the excellent quality of this picture. Kudos to those who did such a great job of preserving and restoring these classics.👍 I love the story and the example of forgiveness and love of the father.
I agree....I hope we can continue restoring our precious early films and more of silents, too. This art form in its infancy continues to fascinate both film lovers and history buffs.
1931 was the worst year of the Great Depression. My Grandma and Grandpa were married in 1931. She told me of the difficulties that they went through. Boiled potatoes for dinner. She didn't throw the potato water away for the next meal. Rivals (little dumplings) and a small onion cooked in the potato water they had on the next day. My Grandma was boiling something. My Grandad was out looking for a job. A knock at the door and it was the gas man. "I'm sorry, Ma'am. I'm here to turn off the gas." Imagine what her sorrow was when her husband got home and she had nothing to eat...
Such a tragic time. Thank you for recounting that anecdote.
I do that now. Nothing has changed at all.
Sweet sad story….👀🕊
My grandmother used potato water to spray on laundry before ironing for starch as they couldn't afford any. She was a nurse during the Spanish flu. So many stories she told me.
Umm.. people all over the world save that water... including mois!!! My father grew up during the Depression....he always said they did not know they were poor...in the fifties when I grew up, we had nothing compared to what we have today! Ever even heard of a "party line"!? Nah..icebox...nah..a baloney sandwich on wonder bread was a delicacy...yes us boomers have lived the good life!!!
Wow, 90 years ago. Imagine most of the actors are long dead. Well it's Saturday afternoon and I'm relaxing on my sofa ready to enjoy this film
Bette Davis's last screen appearance - Wicked Stepmother (1989) with the great Evelyn Keyes: czcams.com/video/IHntPzuAt2M/video.html
I prefer to imagine how they lived. Not how they died. 😊
I SO love these old movies, especially with Bette & Bogey. Thank you so much for posting this movie.
My grandma was born that year 1931, she died in 2011. RIP Grandma!
12:20 For those curious, $50 in 1931 had the purchase power of roughly $1000 dollars today. Holy crap.
31 was the first year of audio voices.Thanks for the memories,brother.
The boy DOES steal the film.
he's a smart ass / annoying as Hell
The kid is ruining the film. I give up.
Especially the scene when he sees the cop.
Compared to some kids today he's a little ANGEL😅
bette davis clearly carries this whole film. her acting makes you instantly connect with her character.
It's the same with all her movies..she makes even a bad movie watchable.
Which one is Betty Davis.? 😅
The maid is pretty good
@@pattypark8548 Laura.
@@DrJudyASmith ZaSu Pitts!
Watching old movies during the Corona Virus lockdown is refreshing! The little brother deserved an academy award for his great performance!
I was also impressed with his running at the end hahaha :P
@@libbysenglish yes, I laughed out loud...all by myself! Lol 🤔
I've been watching one per day while working out in front of the screen with bands since my gym is closed right now. A couple months later ........ 45 movies watched and learned a ton of things I never knew...and stronger than ever.
Yep and me 2
Libby C ..little dynamo.👍
I love the little boy!! He's a trouble maker and a problem solver! That father really loved his daughter and quite forgiving!
That little boy reminds of my youngest son when he was little...Little stinker LOL but a good kid..Love him..
Being consistently disrespectful he is. Little squirt. Adults need to set him straight.
Hedrik is tthe star. Isn't he in Tarkington's ``Penrod'' books? Penrod would be his compadre.
Thanks for the 'Likes'!
I am old, but I was shocked. I felt Betty Davis grew more beautiful as she aged. Her eyes! I have read she had to keep working. Perhaps it is because she kept working that she is more known. She stands as a great actress for me.
Edit:. I neglected to thank u for posting this! Thank you!
Then you're insane! She was a drunkard and it showed in her face as she aged.
Hard times back then....Poverty everywhere butvthe American cinema was blooming
Great movie these black and white classics are priceless .
Who else watching it during corona ....... stay safe all 💗
Lolo Rafaat Me! 🙋🏼♀️
Lolo Rafaat On my 9th oldies! You stay safe as well!
🙋I ABSOLUTELY LOVE BETTE DAVIS! SHE NEVER MADE A MOVIE THAT I DONT LIKE.
Meeeee
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I’ve recently became interested in 1920-1935 movies. I understand this is Bette Davis’ first movie. I just fell in love with her. First time I ever saw Humphrey act. I loved this movie. I watched it twice - one right after the other. It’s wild to realize though, that this movie was made during The Great Depression. Very interesting watch - love to see what’s going on around the house as far as washing clothes + how typed correspondence was used. The boy gave the movie a ‘sitcom’ feel, with his antics. Lovely movie 🍿
GO Bette. I adore her. I think she would have been stellar in the bad sister role too. So utterly believable and effortless, the way she inhabits ALL her roles.
And of course there are those eyes. : D
She played that role is This Our Life. Much more dynamic role too!
Is it just me, or is anyone else reminded of Olive Oil in the Fleischman editions of early Pop Eye cartoons when hearing and seeing Zasu Pitts in this film? Perhaps Pitts served as the inspiration for the character.
Yessss😂😂😂
Wow it’s amazing to see how some dynamics never change ! This is nearly 90 years old- families still have these issues. Love this movie !
Try 93 years old.
@@martitinkovich4489 well at least I got within 3 years lol .
@@martitinkovich4489 How petty.
A young Betty Davis. Simply wonderful!
I believe this is Davis' first film
My favorite actress the best Bette Davis Janice Harley
I love the ear;y 1930s movies best of all, not just the way they were filmed and lighted but the very best most loved actresses and actors were the finest they ever were and because of the styles the most beautiful, especially the the halowed and etherial look they had. Betty Davis and Humphry Bogart were so young and perfect, both beautiful.
Patricia Wallace, I love them too.
@Patricia Wallace I love the 20's 30's 40's hands down period yes indeed the absolute best of the best
My favorite decade too! For everything.
That lil boy steals the show. I hope he received an Oscar for his performance.
@@superiorqualityproductbypo7380 No, just biologically normal youthful high spirits, and for a boy mischief. This was a pre television, pre cellphone, pre childhood obesity era.
Alright now... calm down.
I loved it, it was touching and yet funny, and yes, the boy stole the show, he gave me a good laugh. 5 stars
Two of my favorites, Zasu Pitts and Bette Davis!!! I'm old!
This is the second time I've watched this movie I'll probably watch it again to excel good anything was Betty Davis's good anyway I wasn't even born in 1931 I was born in 1934 that makes me 88 years old now thank you for the movie
I always loved Bette! Such an amazingly talented actress
Me too. When I was a kid, my heroines were Bette Davis & Eleanor Roosevelt. 60 some years later, they still are. Bette embroidered “Old age is no place for sissies” on a pillow - I loved it then and now! And boy howdy it’s the honest truth!
@@gmhalmeoni2085 Thank-you, Heath Barkley! - lol
I like these precode films ! Its fascinating to see what they reveal about the mindsets in this period, with very modern features. I loved to discover young Bette Davis and Bogard, the famous ZaSu, the young brother who is very cute and I like how Sydney Fox plays the "bad sister". After all, she was one of the Wampas 1931 along with other actresses I admire such as Joan Blondell, Frances Dee, Marian Marsh . She died of drug overdose quite young.
Not Marian Marsh. She died in 2006 at age 93!
Sidney Fox died of an overdose of sleeping pills at age 35. Sleeping pills were very strong back in those days, probably something like seconal or nembutol.
@@gurubhaikhalsa9337 exactly ! Her career and life ended sadly. I'd like to see her in one of her 1930's films, like "Strictly Dishonorable" (IMDb recommendation).
@@asphaltspreaderShe specifically wrote Sydney Fox.
What's a precode film?
This was Davis' first film. Right from the beginning, you can see how good she was. ZaSu Pitts, who had received acclaim for her performance in von Stroheim's "Greed", starred with Thelma Todd in a series of comedy shorts for Hal Roach. The Booth Tarkington novel had already been filmed twice before.
I just thoroughly enjoyed the performance of the little brother!!! To me he was the star of this film!!! I had three little brothers and his portrayal was on point!!! Always in the snooping business!!!
I love the old movies. Reminds me of my mom. Please keep showing these they are better than what is being shown now.
My mom died of the virus this past week... And I've always drawn comfort from the old black and whites... Stay safe it's a real thing. Btw. Big bogie fan.
So sorry of the loss of your mother, Peter. I miss mine still, after many
years. I too love these old movies.
Calming, during these horrific times.
Peace, to you.
@@yanka65 ty Mimi.
That's terrible news and I hope that you truly find comfort in every way that you can. As you said, it IS a real thing and everyone needs to stay safe.
There are lots of films on the channel's playlists so I hope you find further comfort in these wonderful films. Please take care!
@@silverscreenclassics9210 ty ssc.
oh dear Peter ..im at a loss for the right way to express my thoughts..
..let me just say i am moved for you to be well .. take heart..courage and strength
Early Bette and Humphrey before they got their strides at Warners. They were on their way. They can do no wrong in my book.
How terrific.
Nothing has changed.
Good people and Bad people.
Great Movie.
Bette Davis at 23! Wow!
Gorgeous!
Back when she was unequivocally the sweet, shy, demure, nonmanipulative "Good" sister ... 31 years before "Baby Jane."
Yep
Not used to seeing Bette as a timid, insecure ingenue - like a very young Charlotte Vale!
@ Not ... a Martha Graham dance class?
Thanks to CZcams for these classics - genius. Love to see the talented casts in these flicks.
Love the short clothesline scene with Davis and the young boy! You can hear those first signs Bette’s unique pronunciation which became so iconic.
I'd not seen this movie before, so glad it popped up! A lovely story, enjoyed it very much. Bogart was about 30 in this film, so young! Bette Davis just starting her career as well. Zasu Pitts, always love her!! The old fashioned house interiors, I'd move in right away.
That's bogart, before bacall
Lauren becall was about 10 years old when this movie was filmed then.
This is wonderful. About a year ago I purchased this movie on DVD, but it was a U.K. version and it would not play on my United States made DVD Blu-ray player . I try to collect all of Bette Davis's movies and that's why I bought it.
But I can see and hear it now thank's to Silver Screen Classics
My son gave me a collection of Midsomer Murders latest edition and I cannot play them ..what a tease. But there has to be a electronic thingy that would change the electrical charge for them. CZcams saves the day.
Two of Warner’s greatest stars, Bogart and Davis, in a Universal film!
& they weren't even the headliners - sweet movie - I love ZaSu Pitts - such a grumpy maid, I wanted to spank that little boy!
And to think Universal fired both Bogart and Davis after this film.
Shows that to be a star,you have to climb the same ladder as everyone else. They were not yet top billing stars in this picture.
@@jackanthony976 I can't imagine Bogie or Bette being fired for anything at any time.
@@jackanthony976 Goes to show what idiots they were!
Awwww 2020 during Covid19 virus-Gr8 movie where Bette Davis didn’t play the lead! The scene stealer was the little brother! Thx for uploading luv the old movies💥💓💕💘💞🎉🍾🎊🎉
Same here
@@ginean0093 And here.
EVEN BETTER THE SECOND, TIME AROUND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@K Ray Not as many as claimed. Fear is a great way to control people. Remember the H1N1 virus in 2009? Of course not. According to the CDC, approximately 60.8 million cases, 274,303 hospitalized and 12,469 deaths. That's just the US. Where were the lockdowns? The fear? The panic? The economic devastation? Millions out of work? People die, that's part of life. How many died of heart disease? Stroke? Suicide? Drug overdoses? 69,029 died last year from drug overdose. Where was the panic? The Fear? The outrage? There was none.
@K Ray The outcome is the same, is it not? Anyone less dead? H1N1 wasn't contagious? I asked about that, did I not? I gave you a fact of life. People die. You ignored the last pandemic completely. I never mentioned cars. Drugs are used to enslave an entire nations. How do you not know that?
Fascinating to see a young Bette Davis and Humphrey Bogart. David Durand, who played the kid brother Hedrick was delightful. Thank you.
That kid made the movie for me!
He made me laugh so much, which is just what I need!
He needs his a/s whipped.
Pretty good for a baby - not sure I'd go so far as to say he made the movie for me. Imagine, he's nigh 90 years old now, wonder who he is?
@@ScriptureUnbroken He died in 1998.... Google is your friend.
Love Betty Davis..such a natural actress.
I thought Bette Davis's dramatic skills were superb. Not to forget the brilliant Humphrey Bogart. They're the definition of the word legends.
I love the self portraits plastered over her bed!! Brilliant bit of set dressing
Yeah so modern - only peeps who like to drink their own piss do this.
@@broken1394 wtf?
Just settling down to watch this Booth Tarkington story and I love your remark !!
Uh, that is , not the one posted directly above
Mrs. Schmenkman's, that is
Great movie! Love the acting of the little boy! Best I have ever seen for that era!
Thanks for the movie. David Durand's peformance as Hedrick is great. Nice to see Bette Davis portraying a sweet character, and what a charmer Humphrey Bogart gives us.
Bogart was sooooo handsome when he was young. Bette Davis the only reason I watched.
What a fun movie. So narcissism and entitlement existed even back then! The "bad sister" is actually a narcissist, full of herself. Her bedroom wall is full of "selfies" :) How little has changed.
They just didn’t have names for it then. Nothing new under the sun.
I can name the most obvious narcissist in America today. Gee, wonder who that man could be?
@matthew kitty Ha! Glad you guessed who that discussing American narcissist is!
@@gbadesakin thay wrote the book on the word's?
@@MrTrackman100 I think conman is a more appropriate title for him, biggest conman the world has ever seen, preying on the greedy and the stupid.
Wow, never saw Bogie this young!! Thanks for this fine oldie and please keep them coming.
I'm so amazed and thrilled that it all turned out so happy! I LIKE THIS OUTCOME ! I LIKE THIS MOVIE!
@Valerie O'Brien It's just a movie, no need to get so worked up about it.
@@wareforcoin5780 Let them have this, dude lol
I just love ❤️ Bette Davis movies she was a great 👍 actress all those movies 🎥 she made were just for her
Two great actors Bogie and Bette! The rest is history! I had the pleasure of meeting Bogies son Stephen Humphrey Bogart dead ringer for his dad! Here's looking like your dad kid! 🙂👍👏
Beautiful Bette's 1st movie and my first time seeing it. Liked her real well; always have. Great movie, not so fast paced, but good.
Craig Butterfield Might have been first talking...she was also in silent films
David Durand is sooooo cute!! I love when he asks mini for pancakes! 😘❤️☺️💕
This was surprisingly very good. The old movies always seem to have characters that have no problem speaking their mind. I wasn't raised in a family like that and it always kind of throws me. I like it, though, I think it portrays real life. Loved the movie!
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Absolutely brilliant! The acting was still reminiscent of the silent film era, with the great expressive faces! The little boy stole the show! I love how he was so remorseful for showing his sister's secret diary, and how the bad sister made good her terrible crime! Great to see those epic Hollywood stars, Humphry Bogart and Bette Davis before they got really famous
This film was a 1931 revelation! Thanks for sharing it, I found everything about it fascinating! And that kid that played Hedrick! One of the true stars of the movie...
The actor who played the boy was named David Durand. He passed away in 1998.
Pretty good cast for a Universal feature in 1931. They got Davis and Bogart on loan from Warners/First National, where they were secondary players. ZaSu Pitts was one of the great character players, and one who successfully made the transition from silents to sound.
RJ, Bette and Bogart were not under contract to Warners in 1931. Their first studio was Universal Pictures Corporation. They were put under contract by Carl Laemmle when Bette arrived in Hollywood in 1930 as well as Bogart in 1930. Bette's contract was dropped in late 1931. She was freelance for 6 months and was gonna go back to New York as her movie career had not taken off when George Arliss called her to do The Man Who Played God at Warner Brothers in 1932. Bogart was dropped in 1931 and went back to the stage in New York and was only put under contract at Warner Brothers in 1936 when he did the film version of his Broadway hit The Petrified Forest
You are correct. @@javiervalverde2374
@@christophergordon6593Thanks for the confirmation Christopher 😃
What a wonderful feel-good story with a great cast. And a moral lesson in the outcome. Thank you for sharing this heartwarming film!
😊👍
Today's girls would be shocked by the final scene. Script must have been written in times when women could sacrifice themselves and desired to be good wives. Where is that today?
Look af all the makeup they wore.
Similar to silent films
I felt bad that the oldest sister died in childbirth, though.
What was that?Oh yes don't have children.
A very good quality oldie , great cast and story line. A bit of fun too. Thank you for sharing.
What an absolutely beautiful movie it helps when you're locked away during hard times puts a smile on your face 😘😘❤️💕😘😂😂😉
Usually Bette Davis is too tough for my taste, but she was so sweet and pretty in this part. You can see why she became so famous.
See her in Three on a Match. Plays an " agreeable" type.
@@gregorypalmer5403 She's very pretty in that, too
Great movie with a score of great actors! Loved every minute of it!
So do I .
Wow, this was a soap opera...so much going on...Bette underplayed her character beautifully. Great to see Zasu and Slim
And here I thought Bette Davis was going to be The Bad Sister. She had those kinds of roles later.
Team Joan ❤
@@broken1394 team bette 🙌
She later redid this film, playing the bad sister indeed.
31 years later
@@gmhalmeoni2085 What was the name of that film? Would like to see it, thanks 😊
What a great movie and she really learned a valuable lesson and got very lucky and saved her father from serious debt and who knows what else 👍
She got pregnant and needed to get married, They couldn't mention such things back then. The poor guy she did marry bailed out the family and has a bastard kid he doesn't know about.
@@cornfed420 This was probably one of the films that added fuel to the movement for the Hays office despite the concession of letting the rotten sister redeem herself. I guess the idea of that good family going down the tubes was too much for the country at the time.
@@jennyjerome5669 Thank you very much. I like the movie but I just couldn't get my head around how it just wrapped up so quickly at the end with no consequences for the girl. I'm sure something in my psyche caused my reaction. I just wanted to see her get some kind of come up in's and not live happily ever after right away. Don't get me wrong, I'm not a sadist, I didn't want her to be homeless or anything like that just some kind of ... I don't know, something that showed her she F'ed up and got lucky her stupid, backup simp bailed her and her entire family out and paid for everything. Again, maybe it is just me.
Have a great new year, we all need it!
@@cornfed420 Well, the bad sister ended up married to Ward, and in those days marital rape was legal and even expected. She had to live with him for a while. That was her penance.
@@huizhechen3779 I'm confused by your reply. Where was the rape? She did some fool passing thru town scamming people. got pregnant. He leaves with the cash. She on the other hand tries to marry the doctor, he says no, then goes after the simp with money and convinces him it's his kid...
Oh and @Lee Zeidel who started this thread. She didn't learn a lesson, she made her father a pauper, got knocked up and conned a slow witted guy who she cares nothing about to marry her and bail her out of all of her mistakes. She learned nothing.
"Aunt Sarah dines at 6, so I et and came home" 🏡 ❤ LOL 😆!!! Love this kid.
Thanks for making available such a high quality print of an early talkie with Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart and ZaSu Pitts. A gem!
Brilliant. Love the old classic pictures. From my late grandparents generation. Grew up watching them. Now with covid got back into watching them all again. So much better than todays stuff. Anybody got any recommendations please. Thanks 🙏😊
Search CZcams for FILM NOIR.....almost all are excellent
Thank you for those in the comments that were able to spell Bette's name correctly 💗
Bette Davis admired Peg Entwistle on stage and debuted in this fil with Sidney Fox. Both Peg and Sydney committed suicide after failed careers while Bette became the queen of the golden era of Hollywood.
Anyone in 2021???😌😌
Thank you for uploading this movie. It's a blessing and joy to watch the classics! Love!
Zasu Pitts and David Durand were my favorite! Love this movie!
The weirdest part to me though was Maryanne begging her dad for $50 for a new dress! $50?! In 1931 that would have been equivalent to about $800 today! This is during the depression too! It seems crazy the father gave that much to her.
Fifty dollars today is a lot of money 💰
Probably closer to $2000
@@danielrichter2452 I just googled it today. $938. Crazy cuz I had just guessed about $1,000.
And she STILL charged a pair of shoes on top of it! 😂
I've lived like that ALL my life. Thrifty not by choice, but by smarts..I've beenstocking up and carrying all my stuff up to the top floor. I recycle because I have to!
When the little brother saw how heartbroken she was really touched me yea he’s annoying but he really cares about his sister...all little siblings do stupid things. He went to console her I went Awww 😍
Nahhh he's just faking it and will be back to his old wicked ways lol
Love this film… the little boy is such a character 😂
Great movie,a lesson
to be learned..teaches us that family unity
and forgiveness is
what is important.
Betty Davis stole the
show,she really was
meant to be an actress.
The little brother was
exceptionally talented
and so expressive.
Wonder what became
of him?
Good movies are far
in between.
Thank you.
Humphrey Bogart was a very handsome man back in the days. 😍😍😍😍😍
I love Zasu Pitts she was a brilliant woman and actress. Bette was awesome. This movie was really before Bette was a full pledge star. She came into her own after a few movies. She was also brilliant. I think Bette was about 21 years old in this movie. I remember having a few dairies in my teenage years. When my mom died and l moved back to the house that l grew up in. My childhood home. I found them. I spent a few hours reading them again. It was like l was a teenager again. So much fun to reminiscence on my past. I would have slapped Marianne also that little witch faking a faint
Bete Davis and Bogart always legends.
so enjoy these movies. thank you for sharing. Most needed in these crazy times.
You are very welcome! There are quite a few playlists including some new ones, so don't forget to subscribe and enjoy these wonderful old films. I also agree that we need these films these days!
Love "OLDIES" . . . noir/oldies are the best....back when america was america.
Wonderful! I laughed so hard when the lady fainted for getting her mouth smacked, and when the little boy ran after seeing the police at the door
I just turned 60 years old and I've been watching old movies almost all my life, Betty Davis is my favorite actress of all times never did like Joan CollinsI own most of Bette Davis's movies I do not own this one, my favorite movie from Bette Davis is the little foxes, I also like in this our life please see if you can put those up
Did you mean Joan Crawford?l And yes the little foxes is alone of my favorite films too !
Wasn't Henry the cutest thing, "Thank you Millie Dahhhhling"...LMAO. When you can already deliver spot on smartassery, sarcasm and acerbic wit at that age...well, you're gonna be trouble..LMAO
My favorite character is Hedrick. He's hilarious.
ANYTHING with Zasu Pitts is wonderful
You would love Ruggles of Red Gap.
My favourite channel TCM...my favourite actress Bette Davis ..I love these movies they bring such a sense of comfort..The good old days are long gone 😢 the movies today have no spark nor do the actors.....Its all dead beauty....😬
The 1930s was a decade of great transformation for motion pictures. It (and Davis) went from this wonderful, but archaic and stagy production, to masterpieces like "Dark Victory."
I love the ‘notations’! Thank you for sharing💞
This was a heart warming movie!!!!! I watched it January 20, 2024.😊😊😊
WOW!!!! THANK YOU THANK YOU for posting this film. Sidney was BEAUTIFUL (sad we lost her too soon), I want to see EVERY THING Bette Davis was in, ZaSu (!!!!) I mean come on. Never been in to Bogart, but okay. I don't know of the rest of the cast but what good film and good performances. I love it so much! ❤
I love this music remind me when I was a little girl...I love American black and white movie..and I always happy...and dream.. TQ for this video..good luck..
Asna. Me too.
Toni Trigger much? If one has the right to butcher the language hasn't another the right to point it out? Your response was worse than the offense. You reveal yourself.
@@andrewbillingsley9377 No, you and cubo reveal YOURSELVES. And she didn't have to say it in a miserably bitchy way. 😜
And so what if they haven't been in the USA all their lives. What's your point?
I have stated my point clearly. If one person has the right to butcher the language then another has the right to point it out . Now kindly piss off.
cubomania3 Aren't you a ray of sunshine 🌞
Thank you for cheering us all up.🧐🇬🇧🇺🇸🦠😷
Fabulous oldie, thanks for showing 🎬🌿🎬🌿
What a great way to pass the time-loved this film!