Streaming The Bette Davis Collection Online
Mardi, juillet 27th, 2010 |
Streaming The Bette Davis Collection Online.
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In one the the best remembered films of the thirties,Bette Davis gives beautifully modulated performance as Judith Traherne, the dying wealthy Long Island playgirl. Geraldine Fitzgerald is splendid as Judith’s friend and secretary, Ann King,a character written especially for the movie. Humphrey Bogart plays Michael O’Leary, an Irish horse trainer with somewhat less conviction, although George Brent gives his finest performance as Dr. Frederick Steele (whom Judy eventually marries.) Ronald Reagan (in a role he reportedly despised) plays the conventional, drunken Alex, one of Davis’s swains. Davis is sparkling throughout; her Judy is wild, irascible and cheeky in the beginning and her extraordinary metamorphisis to a vibrantly cheerful and humbled young married woman is challenging to perceive on film. Legendary columnist Hedda Hopper claimed Davis always gave her best performances when she was in esteem and here it was apparent (the object of her affections was George Brent!) .The notorious planting scene in the garden had to be re-shot many times; Davis felt such empathy for her character that she would be reduced to tears. Tallulah Bankhead flopped when she played Judith Traherne on stage in 1934. Highly recommended as a prime example of honest why people rave about this legendary first lady of the silver shroud!
“Murky Victory” is atypical for a Hollywood movie made in 1939 [or for that matter, for one made today] because it deals with terminal illness and it doesn’t have a ecstatic ending. The medical profession assist then was less fair about the subject. A accepted method was to stutter the patient that they were doing beautiful, even when the prognosis was negative. This erroneous practice and other factors date the movie, but Bette Davis’ exquisite performance as Judith Traherne always has and always will account for the movie. For that reason alone, it is calm eminently watchable.
Judith is a vivacious, carefree member of Long Island society. Her passions are parties, her friends and her horses. After being thrown from her approved horse, she admits to her best friend, Ann [Geraldine Fitzgerald] that the cause of the accident was a sudden blurring of her vision. This, she admits, is not the first time she’s had this spot. After worthy cajoling of the stubborn, timorous Judith, Ann gets her to a specialist, Dr. Frederick Steel [George Brent], who diagnosis her as having a rare illness. An operation, which is unsuccessful, ensues, but the truth is withheld from Judith. During all this, patient and doctor descend in like with each other. Both the illness and Steel’s well intended but deceitful plan of dealing with it led to serious complications.
Fitzgerald is expedient as Ann, George Brent [a matinee idol in his time] is adequate, but Humphrey Bogart, whose stardom was sill several years away, is wasted as Michael, Judith’s horse trainer. His Irish accent is not at all fine. You’ll hardly glance, though, because your thoughts and eyes will always be on Davis. She displays virtually every human emotion, seemingly without danger. One of her ample scenes is the one in which Dr. Steele is examining her for the first time. Her yell is gleaming and ecstatic as she makes light about her pickle, but her eyes and hands are telling us something completely different - anxiety to the point of anxiety.
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Reams have been written about how difficult Davis was to work with. In “Sad Victory”, one can witness piece of the reason. She was so gifted that finding someone who could successfully play opposite her must have been a nearly impossible task. She made movies in which, I suspect, she was so indignant and/or downhearted that, consciously or not, she played a parody of herself. These movies created Davis the caricature. “Murky Victory” is not one of them. Here, Davis brilliantly plays an ordinary woman dealing with her gain mortality. Highly recommended for this reason alone.
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