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.
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_.
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 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.
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!
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!!!
Same birth year as my mother. Yes, for people in that age range the Depression was a massive factor in their lives. Most suffered great deprivations. My mother mentioned that those who had money going into it were well off as the Depression was deflationary. Looks like the banksters of today are working on bringing in the next one.
@@guruuDevNot true. My great grandfather owned 3 houses and lost everything. His daughter, my grandmother, was a widow with three kids who ran a little grocery store and they lived above it. She and her kids ended up taking in my great grandmother after her husband passed cuz she was destitute. In the real world, no one had anything. Farmers didn’t have to worry - at least they had plenty to eat.
@@lululacanuck3824 You haven't refuted what |I said. The price of assets, such as three houses, drops to nothing when there is no cash in circulation -- ie 'deflation.' Your business will crash because no one has cash to buy your services. BUT if you go into the Depression with CASH, you can buy up all the assets and businesses and services at pennies on the dollar. So your wealth in dollars dramatically escalates. So your statement that "in the real world no one had anything" is what is ';not true.' This also gave the banks the opportunity to foreclose on all outstanding bank loans of those who are in debt to the bank and therefore without cash reserves. The banks foreclosed on assets galore, including businesses and houses and farmland. So for the banks it was an orgy of asset wealth INCREASE.
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'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’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 🍿
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.
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
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. UA-cam saves the day.
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
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?
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.
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
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.
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 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...
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!!!
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!
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?
This was a fun little story. Great sound and picture quality for its age. I really liked the character of the younger brother, he added spice to what was basically a morality tale and Bogie was rather charming as a ne’er do well. Thanks for a great upload.
Huh... I thought he was an evil pestering little menice. You must be the sort of person that thinks its cute when kids are little bullies because they have no boundaries.
@@pinecone1321 We portray anything a child does as innoscent and if we define innoscence with not knowing that actions have consequences and that you can severely hurt people emotionally or physically I guess there is truth to that. However we as a society have chosen a moral compass. That we don't take other people's belongings especially when they are precious to them out of spite and toy with their most intimate emotions. These lessons have to be taught to our offspring, but stupid neo hippies that excuses any action of a person especially when they are little prevent that from happening. Now kids have no boundaries... none. And don't try to paint me ack and claim that it is my opinion we should bring corporal punishment back. That is not what I think at all. It is a good thing we stopped hitting children but boundaries have to be enforced and respect to other people's feelings and property has to be insisted upon. If you are against that then I hope you never reproduce.
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!
I've been a Bette Davis fan for about 60 years. She still ranks as my all-time favorite actress. My favorite movie of hers is Of Human Bondage, with Leslie Howard. Thanks so much for posting this.
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!
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 🙏😊
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! ❤
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.
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 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.
TY! How I missed this early Bette Davis movie is beyond me...I thought I had seen them all. Such a treat. The plot is over familiar, I'm sure another version was done...still this was a beaut☺👍
Amazing to see them pack so much into 1:04 Hrs. And it's great to be able to learn so much about where our Stars started from. This was when a double or triple feature was a whole week's entertainment.
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....😬
My Dad was born and grew up in Bette Davis birthplace Lowell Massachusetts. My Grandfather was a WW1 veteran he worked 3 jobs and my grandmother worked in a shoe factory. They had 6 children 4 boys and 2 girls.
@@superiorqualityproductbypo7380 No, just biologically normal youthful high spirits, and for a boy mischief. This was a pre television, pre cellphone, pre childhood obesity era.
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Wonderful film; thanks for sharing! Zazu Pitts is still quite young in this. she had a natural elegance that was somewhat smothered in the persona she developed. Watch her in 'A Little Princess' 1917, She is young and as graceful as a ballerina. Mary was the ideal then, but Zazu is more to the modern taste.
And in producer Erich Stroheim's 1924 silent film magnum opus Greed, she was the centerpiece as a wayward wife. In real life she was a best friend of Nancy Davis Reagan's mother Edith.
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.
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
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
Humphrey Bogart is my favorite actor... he's so young in this film. Of course, the movie is over 90 years old and still in remarkably excellent condition.
He is very handsome, I like Lauren Bacall so I know a lot about him also. His voice here is very different from his later movies. I did see this movie for Bogey ✨️
Kudos to the brilliant writers and Producer Carl Laemmle with a Great Cast! David Durand who played Hedrick was Superb! I'm Surprised I haven't seen him in any of these old classics films I've watched n' there have been many.
Brilliant picture, actually. The only thing I thought was a bit off was the makeup. (1931) But everything important that goes into the making of an aesthetic masterpiece that artfully delivers this kind of small town americana slice of life reality is heartily appreciated, these many years hence!. Thanks much for giving it to us here for free!
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?
What a great film! Never saw it before and I'm old!! Thank you Silver Screen Classics. Couldn't get over how young Humphrey Bogart is and didn't he play a real scoundrel...Great Flick!!!!
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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.
I SO love these old movies, especially with Bette & Bogey. Thank you so much for posting this movie.
31 was the first year of audio voices.Thanks for the memories,brother.
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: ua-cam.com/video/IHntPzuAt2M/v-deo.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
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!!!
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.
Cierto, pues no hay ninguna plataforma que de cine de la epoca de ORO@@patricias5122
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.
I am 93 yrs old a d taken up with Bette Davis. She was talented and beautiful, I watch her movies every night. What a woman,
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!!!
Same birth year as my mother. Yes, for people in that age range the Depression was a massive factor in their lives. Most suffered great deprivations. My mother mentioned that those who had money going into it were well off as the Depression was deflationary. Looks like the banksters of today are working on bringing in the next one.
@@guruuDev Yes, the bankers (especially global elites) are working to bring America down to make way for the "One World Order"/global governance.
@@guruuDevNot true. My great grandfather owned 3 houses and lost everything. His daughter, my grandmother, was a widow with three kids who ran a little grocery store and they lived above it. She and her kids ended up taking in my great grandmother after her husband passed cuz she was destitute. In the real world, no one had anything. Farmers didn’t have to worry - at least they had plenty to eat.
@@lululacanuck3824 You haven't refuted what |I said. The price of assets, such as three houses, drops to nothing when there is no cash in circulation -- ie 'deflation.' Your business will crash because no one has cash to buy your services. BUT if you go into the Depression with CASH, you can buy up all the assets and businesses and services at pennies on the dollar. So your wealth in dollars dramatically escalates. So your statement that "in the real world no one had anything" is what is ';not true.'
This also gave the banks the opportunity to foreclose on all outstanding bank loans of those who are in debt to the bank and therefore without cash reserves. The banks foreclosed on assets
galore, including businesses and houses and farmland. So for the banks it was an orgy of asset wealth INCREASE.
My grandma was born that year 1931, she died in 2011. RIP Grandma!
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
Humphrey Bogart as a young man almost unrecognizable
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: ua-cam.com/video/IHntPzuAt2M/v-deo.html
I prefer to imagine how they lived. Not how they died. 😊
Me….in a hot bath at midnight….LOVE
@debbieanne7962 I think all are gone, even the infant boy..
@@JerryCalvert-x9uno one said how they died..you virtuous person you
Great movie these black and white classics are priceless .
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.
The actress that portrayed the bad sister was Very pretty but what' a spoiled ungrateful selfish brat that sister was
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’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 🍿
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.
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 loved it, it was touching and yet funny, and yes, the boy stole the show, he gave me a good laugh. 5 stars
Great little actor
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!
Fascinating to see a young Bette Davis and Humphrey Bogart. David Durand, who played the kid brother Hedrick was delightful. Thank you.
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!
Two of my favorites, Zasu Pitts and Bette Davis!!! I'm old!
A young Betty Davis. Simply wonderful!
I believe this is Davis' first film
My favorite actress the best Bette Davis Janice Harley
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. UA-cam saves the day.
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
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?
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.
Great movie! Love the acting of the little boy! Best I have ever seen for that era!
This was a heart warming movie!!!!! I watched it January 20, 2024.😊😊😊
Thanks to UA-cam for these classics - genius. Love to see the talented casts in these flicks.
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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
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.
Wow, never saw Bogie this young!! Thanks for this fine oldie and please keep them coming.
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 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.
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.
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Thanks for making available such a high quality print of an early talkie with Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart and ZaSu Pitts. A gem!
A very good quality oldie , great cast and story line. A bit of fun too. Thank you for sharing.
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 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
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.
What a wonderful feel-good story with a great cast. And a moral lesson in the outcome. Thank you for sharing this heartwarming film!
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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.
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
This was a fun little story. Great sound and picture quality for its age. I really liked the character of the younger brother, he added spice to what was basically a morality tale and Bogie was rather charming as a ne’er do well. Thanks for a great upload.
Huh... I thought he was an evil pestering little menice. You must be the sort of person that thinks its cute when kids are little bullies because they have no boundaries.
@@patriciacooney8591 wow on the edge? That's a cruel response.
@@pinecone1321 Not nearly as cruel as children can be
@@pinecone1321 We portray anything a child does as innoscent and if we define innoscence with not knowing that actions have consequences and that you can severely hurt people emotionally or physically I guess there is truth to that. However we as a society have chosen a moral compass. That we don't take other people's belongings especially when they are precious to them out of spite and toy with their most intimate emotions. These lessons have to be taught to our offspring, but stupid neo hippies that excuses any action of a person especially when they are little prevent that from happening. Now kids have no boundaries... none. And don't try to paint me ack and claim that it is my opinion we should bring corporal punishment back. That is not what I think at all. It is a good thing we stopped hitting children but boundaries have to be enforced and respect to other people's feelings and property has to be insisted upon. If you are against that then I hope you never reproduce.
@@patriciacooney8591 really oh like I didn't know that. Literally.
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!
I've been a Bette Davis fan for about 60 years. She still ranks as my all-time favorite actress. My favorite movie of hers is Of Human Bondage, with Leslie Howard. Thanks so much for posting this.
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
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!
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 UA-cam for FILM NOIR.....almost all are excellent
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! ❤
Hard times back then....Poverty everywhere butvthe American cinema was blooming
And so was the American spirit.
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
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😂😂😂
Good catch.
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 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.
My Father was born 1931, and as a child of those now gone I share the memories with my own adult children, grandchildren and great grans.
Great movie with a score of great actors! Loved every minute of it!
So do I .
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😅
@@melvynobrien6193 it gets better after 50 minutes, but l thoroughly agree.
TY! How I missed this early Bette Davis movie is beyond me...I thought I had seen them all. Such a treat. The plot is over familiar, I'm sure another version was done...still this was a beaut☺👍
What an absolutely beautiful movie it helps when you're locked away during hard times puts a smile on your face 😘😘❤️💕😘😂😂😉
Amazing to see them pack so much into 1:04 Hrs. And it's great to be able to learn so much about where our Stars started from. This was when a double or triple feature was a whole week's entertainment.
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....😬
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!
🥰Great cast 👍Good movie 🥰Thank you 👍Nice to see ZaSu Pitts and Slim Summerville 🥰Nov . 26 , 2023
Thank you for uploading this movie. It's a blessing and joy to watch the classics! Love!
My Dad was born and grew up in Bette Davis birthplace Lowell Massachusetts. My Grandfather was a WW1 veteran he worked 3 jobs and my grandmother worked in a shoe factory. They had 6 children 4 boys and 2 girls.
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.
@@JudgeJulieLit An obnoxious badly-behaved brat.
That kid was the best.
Thanks for this movie. All good. Bogart, Betty Davis, look how young. This is wonderful.
Thank you! What a little gem of a movie.Back in the day when people actually conversed in person.♥
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
How terrific.
Nothing has changed.
Good people and Bad people.
Great Movie.
I had such a good time with this. Alot of expectations dashed and hopes fulfilled. I adored Henry the most and all of the women. 😊🌻👏
Thank you so much ☺️ This is such a delightful movie 🍿 Betty Davis 💫🌺🎋Great of you to share with us 🌜🌻🌛🌺🌲🥂
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@@PedalToTheMetal61888 Betty Grable.
Elijah Mumford Or Greta Garbo.
Bogart was sooooo handsome when he was young. Bette Davis the only reason I watched.
Wonderful film; thanks for sharing! Zazu Pitts is still quite young in this. she had a natural elegance that was somewhat smothered in the persona she developed. Watch her in 'A Little Princess' 1917, She is young and as graceful as a ballerina. Mary was the ideal then, but Zazu is more to the modern taste.
I am just discovering her - yes I love her and I think she is an attractive and talented actress!
And in producer Erich Stroheim's 1924 silent film magnum opus Greed, she was the centerpiece as a wayward wife. In real life she was a best friend of Nancy Davis Reagan's mother Edith.
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.
David Durand is sooooo cute!! I love when he asks mini for pancakes! 😘❤️☺️💕
I just love ❤️ Bette Davis movies she was a great 👍 actress all those movies 🎥 she made were just for her
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 😃
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 !
Wow; And here I thought I'd seen every Bogart film ever made.
I'm a fan, and this was a real teat. Thanks for posting.
Thank you for cheering us all up.🧐🇬🇧🇺🇸🦠😷
Two future Warner Bros. stars,Miss Davis and Mr.Bogart, as supporters!
Bette was the most beautiful and cute actress back then ✨
Wow, this was a soap opera...so much going on...Bette underplayed her character beautifully. Great to see Zasu and Slim
Fabulous oldie, thanks for showing 🎬🌿🎬🌿
Bette Davis has done such varied work. All brilliantly. I had seen the end of this film @ 20 years ago. Thank you for sharing this.
Bette and Bogey are my favorite stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood. Nice to see them together before they became big stars.
Humphrey Bogart is my favorite actor... he's so young in this film. Of course, the movie is over 90 years old and still in remarkably excellent condition.
He is very handsome, I like Lauren Bacall so I know a lot about him also.
His voice here is very different from his later movies.
I did see this movie for Bogey ✨️
Enjoyable short film with moral lessons.
Interesting to note that the Bad Sister is not a modern phenomenon!
Thanks.
Kudos to the brilliant writers and Producer Carl Laemmle with a Great Cast! David Durand who played Hedrick was Superb! I'm Surprised I haven't seen him in any of these old classics films I've watched n' there have been many.
Brilliant picture, actually. The only thing I thought was a bit off was the makeup. (1931) But everything important that goes into the making of an aesthetic masterpiece that artfully delivers this kind of small town americana slice of life reality is heartily appreciated, these many years hence!. Thanks much for giving it to us here for free!
What a great way to pass the time-loved this film!
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 🌞
Brilliant thank you for this
What a great film! Never saw it before and I'm old!! Thank you Silver Screen Classics. Couldn't get over how young Humphrey Bogart is and didn't he play a real scoundrel...Great Flick!!!!
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 loved her too❤
A charming remarkable picture! Thanks for sharing! I love Bette Davis and its the first time I have seen her in a nice role.