That Certain Woman [VHS]

That Certain Woman [VHS]
by Edmund Goulding

That Certain Woman [VHS]

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Actor: Anita Louise, Bette Davis, Donald Crisp, Henry Fonda, Ian Hunter
Director: Edmund Goulding
Cinematographer: Ernest Haller
Writer: Edmund Goulding
Editor: Jack Killifer
Producer: Hal B. Wallis
Producer: Jack L. Warner
Producer: Robert Lord
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language), Analog
Format: Black & White, NTSC
Running Time: 93 minutes
Release Date: 1998-09-01
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Publisher: MGM (Warner)
Studio: MGM (Warner)

VHS Movie Reviews of That Certain Woman [VHS]

Movie Review: ANOTHER WINNER !!!
Summary: 5 Stars

Why this movie isn't out on dvd is beyond my comprehention in my opinion one more of the many GREAT PERFORMANCES OF ARGUABLY THE GREATEST ACTRESS OF OUR TIMES and another one of her flawless performances that doesn't get the credit and attention it deserves, to watch this terrific actress convey so much emotion while saying so little is mind boglin in my oinion ONE OF HER VERY BEST PICTURES and that is saying a lot considering the fact that she has so many, if you are a fan and even if you are not treat yourself and experience what real acting is all about.

Movie Review: Absolute Melodrama
Summary: 4 Stars

Bette Davis stars in another melodrama dripping with mixed up love affairs, scandal, and death. She plays a gangster's moll who tries to live a normal life as a secretary after her husband's death. During this time, she meets a wealthy man who wants to marry her (Henry Fonda). They do wed against his father's wishes, a powerful man who anulls the marriage and leaves Davis with a child. Her boss (Ian Hunter) is sympathetic and does all he can to take care of her, all the time falling in love with her despite being married himself. Their association becomes another scandal in Davis' already complicated life. On top of that, her ex-husband Fonda comes back into the equation, married to another woman.

This is certainly a chick flick by any standards and reads like a high class soap opera. However, despite how silly it might seem, it is a guilty pleasure to watch. All of the performances are wonderful. Of course Davis has a wide acting range and does not overdo her performance. Fonda is handsome and boyish but appropriately emotional.

Movie Review: Davis on an emotional rollercoaster
Summary: 4 Stars

Who but Bette Davis could handle a role requiring such a versatility of emotions as this so well? She begins the movie the young widow of a Chicago gangster. Hoping to better her life she becomes a secretary to Ian Hunter. When Henry Fonda enters the picture she elopes with him, only his father has the marriage annulled immediately. Davis goes along with it (Fonda has no backbone), only, of course, she's pregnant now and has a son. Hunter has always had a crush on her and she begs him not to tell Fonda about the boy. Fonda marries another, Hunter dies after leaving Davis a bundle of money (and his declaration of love), and she goes off to Europe and seclusion. After Fonda's wife dies, he visits Davis and their love is rekindled. The soap-opera effects are really poured on - some, such as Fonda's wife (Anita Louise) being crippled in a car accident on their honeymoon and Davis asking them to adopt her boy, are almost over-the-top in emotional force and seem to be there for no other reason. But Davis is a trooper and shoulders her tragedies valiantly. The pleasure here all comes from watching Davis go through her paces. Well done!

Movie Review: SAY HELLO TO ST. BETTE
Summary: 3 Stars

I recently saw this movie on TCM. Let me tell you, If you are a fan of the great Bette Davis as I am this is one worth owning or at least seeing. So,you may be asking why I only gave it three stars? Here is why,as far as the story line and acting go, the movie is not one of Bette's greatest. The real jem of this movie is the character that Bette plays. I could not get over this "kinder and more gentle" Bette. Get a load of this: After losing the man that she loves,(a very young and handsome) Henry Fonda to another woman she not only does not fight to get him back in classic Bette Davis style, she hands over her young son(a child from her short lived marriage to Fonda) so that he and his new wife can raise him!!! Now, if that does not have you stunded this will. In a sceen in the movie, Bette is asked if she would like a cigarette and I KID YOU NOT, she turns it DOWN!!!
You just have to see this movie to believe it!
It really is a Hoot!

Movie Review: Bette Davis and Henry Fonda are a delight in That Certain Woman
Summary: 5 Stars

Bette Davis portrays Mary, a gangster's widow who tries to put her past behind her and start anew. When she falls in love with Jack (Henry Fonda), they marry and everything seems perfect...until his wealthy, socially prominent father finds out and annuls the marriage. Their one night together results in the birth of a son, but, not knowing of this, Jack remarries and builds a new life. Mary's boss, in the meantime, has fallen in love with her, but she rejects his offer to take care of her, believing Jack will one day return. When Jack's new wife is found to be unable to bear children and he returns years later and meets his son, he must chose between his devotion to his new wife and his desire for Mary and their son.

Ian Hunter, Anita Louise and Donald Crisp round out the exceptional cast in thsi romantic melodrama.

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