41: The Barbara O'Neil Memorial Highway

12/03/21 • 47 min

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Who among the female stars of the 30s and 40s retains more ID today than Bette Davis? She was the queen of the Warner lot when she wasn’t fighting with her bosses, and she played her share of scenery-chewing roles as both a young woman and an older one. But All This and Heaven Too is not one of these. The Davis we meet here is deep in melodrama, certainly, but her performance is controlled and quiet. She loves Charles Boyer, and he loves her, but nothing’s going right for them. Behold, LTS does romance!

All This and Heaven Too

Shelly Brisbin with Philip Michaels, Lisa Schmeiser and Erika Ensign

Referenced Works

All This and Heaven Too

Show Notes & Links

The Movie: review/commentary on a single classic film

All This And Heaven Too (1940), trailer
- Available to stream, rent or buy digitally
- On disc: DVD

Next time, we’ll watch

I’ll Be Seeing You (1944)

The Toy Wife LTS 32: The Philadelphia Story LTS 31: The Women

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All This and Heaven Too

Shelly Brisbin with Philip Michaels, Lisa Schmeiser and Erika Ensign

Referenced Works

All This and Heaven Too

Show Notes & Links

The Movie: review/commentary on a single classic film

All This And Heaven Too (1940), trailer
- Available to stream, rent or buy digitally
- On disc: DVD

Next time, we’ll watch

I’ll Be Seeing You (1944)

The Toy Wife LTS 32: The Philadelphia Story LTS 31: The Women

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40: Red Herring Alley

We return to film noir, with a movie that could be called, Edmond O’Brien’s really, really bad day. A man learns he’s going to die, and sets out to find out who’s killing him and why. It’s directed by Rudolf MatÃ©, and if you are a fan of noir lighting, camera angles and scenes of LA and San Francisco from the post-war period, you will find them here.

D. O. A.

Shelly Brisbin with David J. Loehr and Nathan Alderman

Referenced Works

D. O. A.

Show Notes & Links

The Movie: review/commentary on a single classic film

D.O.A. (1950), trailer
- Available to stream, rent or buy digitally
- On disc: Blu-ray

Next time, we’ll watch

All This and Heaven Too (1940)

The Bradbury Building

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42: A Hot Chocolate of a Movie

This is Shelly’s current favorite classic holiday movie. It begins just before Christmas and runs New Years, and that totally counts! It’s sweet, it’s a romance and it’s well-acted. It stars Ginger Rogers, Joseph Cotten and a teenaged and bratty Shirley Temple.

I'll Be Seeing You

Shelly Brisbin with Annette Wierstra and Erika Ensign

Referenced Works

I'll Be Seeing You

Show Notes & Links

I’ll Be Seeing Your (1944), trailer
- Not Currently Available to Stream
- On disc: DVD

Next time, we’ll watch

Blonde Venus (1932)

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