When comparing today's movies with those of yesteryear, there is ONE distinct difference: A prerequisite in "B & W Days" was --- having the ability and talent to --- make acting a craft! Alas, today very few are worthy of an award from any academy, or any degree of merit or applause from their public.

One of my favorite Noir films, I won’t spoil the ending for anyone but I’ll just say that if you, like me, are a younger person or are used to watching modern films with similar plots, you will probably be surprised and kept on the edge of your seat by this one, like I was on my first viewing. It’s a great film and I would totally recommend to any fans of Film Noir :)

What a wonderful film noir! I never heard of this film until I accidentally stumbled upon it here. This is the best film I've seen in a long time. Yes, thank you so much for posting.

@annabellaemm260

3 жыл бұрын

I stumbled upon it, as well. It is a hidden gem. And Florence Bates is one of my favorite character actresses. She had an amazing life: mathematics degree, then the first woman lawyer in Texas, traveled extensively to buy for the antiques shop she and her sister inherited from her parents and, last but not least, her film career.

@thisisme3238

2 жыл бұрын

Came on my feed as well! Good movie 👍🇺🇸

Betsy Drake reminds me of Julie Andrews. There's something very bright and charming about her, and her voice is quite attractive.

Wow! Excellent movie! It keeps you guessing...is he really cray cray?? Surprise ending. Beautiful scenery.

Robert Young is such a marvelous actor, and he looks just like my Father. This is a great roster of character actors...intriguing story.

Thank you for this one! I have watched a LOT of old movies, but this one had escaped me until now. I remember sitting with my dad and watching them as a young girl, too, but he was a John Wayne, Edward G. Robinson, George Raft kind of man. If you're reading the comments before you watch the movie - DON'T MISS THIS FILM!

@annabellaemm260

3 жыл бұрын

I got my love of film from my father, as well. I'd wait up for him and we'd watch the late show. He would tell me a bit about each actor. If you've never seen Woman in a Dressing Gown (hard to find, a British film (1957) with Yvonne Mitchell, Anthony Quayle, Silvia Syms, I think you will like it based on your comment.

@josenighthawk

2 жыл бұрын

@@annabellaemm260 ... This one, at first glance, will seem as an odd suggestion to both of you - Ice-Cold in Alex, 1958. ... On paper, it is a war film (and my all-time favorite war film!), but only on paper. There are truly only 4 characters in it - John Mills, Sylvia Syms, Anthony Quayle, and Harry Andrews. ... It is a wonderful, 'cozy under the bed covers', 5-day solitary trek through the Sahara desert in an ambulance-truck, and an endearing journey of growth in friendships - with the ambulance-truck, as the fifth key player, acting as a cozy and safe raft floating on a shoppy sea of sand and desolation.

@annabellaemm260

2 жыл бұрын

@@josenighthawk Your suggestion will be taken up. I am intrigued. Thank you, Jose.

Old movies are the best! A very engrossing film.

It just began, and it sounds exactly like "Rebecca."

@MaryAnn-mn3fm

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, and Florence Bates was in both.

@ericawilhelminaolckers4781

2 жыл бұрын

Rebecca : poet Daphne DrMeuro?

@ericawilhelminaolckers4781

2 жыл бұрын

De Neuro ..

@ericawilhelminaolckers4781

2 жыл бұрын

De meuro.sorry phone replace my spelling

@ericawilhelminaolckers4781

2 жыл бұрын

I read her book if it is the same story

Wow!!! What a brilliant film! Really well directed and scripted. Great cast. Love it!

Such a good movie!! I love Robert Young

@anonymousjohnson976

2 жыл бұрын

Me too! I never missed an episode of Father Knows Best when I was a child.

Thank you for an outstanding picture. You are right to note the influence of of Hitchcock's Spellbound and Rebecca in it, but in no way is it a copycat. It deserves a greater reputation than it has.

An excellent most enjoyable film. 💥 Thank you!

I saw this film years ago & forgot what a great murder mystery it was. This might be Robert Young's best movie role, as the paranoid suitor. THANKS 4 the upload😊👍

@sarahhearn-vonfoerster7401

2 жыл бұрын

But the Father-in-law was really the paranoid one!

@spartandodge6034

2 жыл бұрын

don't read these comments before you watch it.

The beginning reminds me of "Rebecca"!!

@DelvingEye

2 жыл бұрын

A poor man's "Rebecca."

What a good movie! Great suspense! The ending surprised me completely. Thank you for posting it! (from Rio de Janeiro - Brazil.)

On behalf of us Irish, we are born with the gift of the blarney, gift of the gaff, we never kiss the blarney stone, no need.

I watched Betsy Drake years ago in Marty but never saw her in anything else! I'm going to watch this! Good to see Robert" Marcus Welby" Young again!

@651LYS

3 жыл бұрын

Marty was such a great movie!

@cindychristian1700

3 жыл бұрын

@@651LYS Yes it is!!

@francesfarmer736

3 жыл бұрын

That was Betsy Blair in Marty....not Betsy Drake.....same first names, different actresses

@cindychristian1700

3 жыл бұрын

@@francesfarmer736 That's right! This is the lady that was married to Carey Grant! Thanks for the correction!

@patbest7057

Жыл бұрын

Cindy Christian It was Betsy Blair in Marty not Betsy Drake

Intentionally or not, a fine take on Hitchcock's Rebecca - and very dreamlike. ... Plus, the most beautiful beach house, ever! ... Painful they burned it down.

Thanks for posting . Excellent film. Two thumbs up .

For those who are interested, the filming location is Pebble Beach, CA, about 100 miles south of San Francisco on the Monterey Peninsula adjacent to Pacific Grove, Monterey, Carmel and Big Sur. "12 Mile Drive" is actually called "The 17-Mile Drive". Other movies filmed or partially filmed in Pebble Beach include "Play Misty for Me" (Clint Eastwood) and "My Favorite Brunette" (Bob Hope).

@todayipaint4667

Жыл бұрын

Excellent, thank you. Yes, these pine trees are characteristic of that area. And Clint Eastwood has family in Carmel.

Really good movie 🎥! Very entertaining and enjoyable movie 🎥! Loved it!❤

Very good movie, nice twist ending. Thanks for sharing.

@elizabethdaniels6421

3 жыл бұрын

I am Heathcliff sounds like they are spaced out on drugs! None of that comment makes any sense!

@shadowlouise

2 жыл бұрын

@@elizabethdaniels6421 It does, but it doesn't matter. S/he didn't like the film. As some others noted, this film took scraps from several other films, and made a very nice patchwork quilt. "Jumping the shark" is an expression that grew out of the show Happy Days, because The Fonz did jump over a shark.

Enjoyed! Thanks!

Betsy Drake. She was married to Cary Grant for a good while, wasn't she ? And Robert Young, an under appreciated fine journeyman actor. They really had a plethora of them in those days and earlier, one good picture after another. So much antipathy written about the old "studio system" but nothing now compares to the quality those old "despots" produced out of it and I'm grateful.

I didn’t know they had teabags in 1950! Wow! I’m pretty sure we didn’t get them in the UK until late 1960s

Wow! This is a great movie!!! On the edge of my seat the whole time!

Great movie....A must see....

extremely appreciated the background info. 🐢

Very good film thank you.

I enjoyed watching this movie, thanks for sharing

love this movie, thank you for sharing.

Very enjoyable! Thanks so much.

I sure miss, "old hollywood."

Very good picture. Thanks for sharing it.

it's impossible to get Father Knows Best out of my mind. Robert Young was my TV-substitute for the dad who was not around. But otherwise I'm sure he's versatile and adept; it's a great film with all the Kern touches. Complete with the snatches of Brahms' Fourth? How these old movies bring back the escape tactics of fifty years ago! Who else used to sneak off to the film nook on the lower East Side, East 7th street or so, a few doors down from the fantastic Indian Restaurant in NYC to watch Cukor movies ???

Love it!

It is a good movie, I enjoy watching it every time Tamur

thank you very much

Pretty decent old movie. I like Robert Young! Nice twist in the end, I wasn't expecting that. If you want to be surprised I wouldn't read the comments here until you've watched the film.

Great movie🎬👍🏻

Nice movie! Kept me captivated.

A first-rate humdinger of a movie.

This movie is one of the great ones.

Great movie!!!!

Really appreciate …………… thank you 👌

Worth watching! 👀 Good movie

Loved that ending scene.

Bravo 👏

I'm at around one hour " in", now....have heard bits of : Piano concerto no.1, Sugar Plum Fairy, A symphony (6?), Romeo & Juliet, Cappricio Italien, and Francesca da Rimini... 🇬🇧😊🎼💕😊🇬🇧

well that was a treasure of a movie

Very enjoyable

Please don't read the comments before you watch this. This is of the best, better to be surprised. Who done it to the end, so just watch it.

Excelente. Una epoca de oro del cine.

@Skylark_Jones

2 жыл бұрын

There are good films in every era.

There are gaps in this nice movie. Especially as to things that "shatter."

Wonderful film I guessed the plot and got it right

This was definitely a good movie with a twist.

I love Tchaikovsky's music, but in this context, sadly it is a little distracting, because I keep listening to it, and thinking, " Ah yes, that's ...(XYZ)....." then an excerpt from another piece, " Ah, that's ....(abc).... I think I heard a bit of the "Sugar Plum Fairy" at one point.... 🇬🇧😊🐒💕🤔🇺🇲😊🇬🇧

What a great plot twist ♥️

The opening brings to mind the opening of Hitchcock’s Rebecca and Manderley in ruins……The actress who,plays the aunt is the same one who played Mrs van Hopper in Rebecca.

thanks

Good movie!

Its all about Betsy Drake ⭐️

@poorthing

3 жыл бұрын

I wish Ms Blake had made more movies. She came from a privileged background, her Father built the famous Drake hotel in Chicago. She was married to Cary Grant for 13yr. Survived the Andrea Doria shipwreck. After her film career she got her psychology Masters degree from Harvard & became a childrens therapist. She never married again and died at 92 in 2015. My favorite movie of hers is 'Every Girl Should be Married' with Grant. Yes, it's silly and dated but she is adorable in it, and Grant is...well Cary Grant!

Awesome movie.

I kept waiting for the old lady to say, "Well, still waters run deep!"

@brucknerian9664

2 жыл бұрын

Cliches ruin good dialogue--only second rate writers use them.

@opentrunk

2 жыл бұрын

@@brucknerian9664 You mean like Daphne du Maurier?

Reminded me a little bit of "Laura"

What a Word Before..."A second Woman" Todays word.."Mistres".. Thanks for posting

@georgettebirmelin1210

3 жыл бұрын

"Second woman" does not refer to a mistress... if you watched the movie you would see this. It is in reference to the second woman in the main character's life...after Robert Young's character's (Jeff's) bride (first woman) died, the next woman, the one in the movie, is the second woman in Jeff's life.

@tommyl.dayandtherunaways820

2 жыл бұрын

@@georgettebirmelin1210 I think they meant that most people nowadays when they see the title would assume it’s about an affair. I actually made the same assumption myself when I first discovered this movie about a year ago, and was pleasantly surprised it went in another direction.

Storyline is a little like Rebecca. Even had the aunt who was Joan Fontaine's employer.

@kathybrown145

3 жыл бұрын

A 'little' ? It's a complete pastiche ! Stealing all the best bits from other authors and directors and musicians, sure-fire hit !

@patrickryan1515

2 жыл бұрын

The aunt in this was the writer Irene Dunn cajoled into reading her daughter's manuscript in "I Remember Mama". She played these well-off older ladies quite convincingly.

James V. Kern was the director of I Love Lucy

It's a shame that the horse and dog were so horribly killed, great movie though. I had 2 suspects but not Ben. Cheers Rosemary Perth Western Australia (71 yrs)

Could have been "excellent", if it wasn't such a partly hidden commercial for British American Tobacco. Now it's only "very good"

I might be wrong,, but so far it seems like a take on a radio show he did. He played a fire investigator and was actually the one starting the fires. I might still watch it because I like mysteries. But I like him best in Marcus Welby.

Wunderbar Film

It had me wondering to the end, but plenty of bread crumbs for you to make the connections at the end.

Florence Bates played in Rebecca from Alfred Hitchcock.

The American Tobacco Company must have paid the studio plenty for the constant depiction of smoking in this movie. I realize that smoking was more prevalent in this era (one reason for this being the romanticization of smoking in movies), but the people in this movie seemed to be unable to breathe anything but tobacco smoke

@shadowlouise

2 жыл бұрын

I didn't even notice. In movies and TV there was always smoking and drinking, so it was perfectly normal to see it here. I'm thinking of Bette Davis, in every one of her old films, but especially "Now, Voyager;" the cigarettes were very much part of that romance. And that is another thing that has changed in my lifetime (in addition to drunk driving laws).

Is this movie for the people who DIDN’T see Rebecca?

13/10

Old lady was in Rebecca ten yrs before being nasty to Joan Fontaine character

Why does the doctor need to ask for her permission to talk to him?? 😆

I clicked on this movie only because I knew Vicki Raaf was in it! She's quite a dish. If I had a secretary like her, I'd surely try to take her along to someplace out of town, pretending it's a " business" trip!

Meeting at the hill house should have been sorted out sorrily for it meant not to have been bitter for both

Greek subtitles why not?😢

@shadowlouise

2 жыл бұрын

fotini, I never saw Greek subtitles. You know you can go into Settings and change the language.

Нет перевода

Of course a horse can break a leg in its own stall. It is dependent upon the condition of the stalland what was left in the stall. ie. rope that can get tangled in the legs. I have seen a horse panic when its legs are tangled up in rope.

@jasminejones9937

3 жыл бұрын

Yes but it's very rare for a horse to break a leg that way (as they said in this movie) Also the dog and the rose bush dying from arsenic and his house burning down all in the same week is also very RARE So I wouldn't get any ideas if I were you ( especially about the horse !) Just saying 🤒

@Auntypatti

3 жыл бұрын

I new of a lady at our stable who came one day and found her horse with its rear leg broke

@shadowlouise

2 жыл бұрын

But feuriger, The rope was still there, so you knew.

Father Knows Best. 👀👍

Fall River. Home of Lizzie Borden. 😆

Color me Right

Too bad the entire movie was filmed in the dark

It's ''taut'' suspense tale.

15 min in and I thought Jane Eyre

@DelvingEye

2 жыл бұрын

You mean "Rebecca."

@caliconservative20

2 жыл бұрын

@@DelvingEye dumaurier was influenced by bronte's Jane eyre

TERRIFIC!!!

Em inglês !não , não !Tchau. Tchau, ,

Watching Robert young is like watching white paint dry….

But what happened to the man that actually killed his wife that left us hanging up in the air that didn't end well!

@shadowlouise

2 жыл бұрын

His fate wasn't important to this story. We can assume he drove drunk one night and killed himself. What would you expect to happen here? If Jeff had gone to the police or DA a year after the accident, how likely would it be that the "killer" would be convicted. And with zero evidence? The laws have changed during my lifetime; up until about 50 years ago, the law tended to be lenient with drunk drivers. A drunk driver could get away with killing, because it was an accident. The driver didn't mean to kill anyone. And Jeff suffered in silence to protect Ben (Vivian's father), but also he didn't want to destroy her reputation by revealing she was a tramp.

Great movie; but Tchaikovsky's 6th at the end is such a gross narcissistic wallowing in self-pity that it's enough to drive a person to suicide. Lucky the director only put in a few scant notes to spare the audience the torment.

Utterly preposterous, but then that's the basis of so many films. BTW this is not a Film Noir; it's a thriller. In this case, worthy of Douglas Sirk, though a bit more obvious. Of course that's IMHO.

I’ll finish it but they jumped the shark a few times before the epic jump at 16:57. Seriously? Mrs Von Hopper...? Lol. Same lines? Badly executedJane Eyre references, too. “References” is being extremely kind. Can’t look away at this point.

@kathybrown145

3 жыл бұрын

How on earth was this ever allowed, it's quite laughable. I haven't cringed so much in years !

His trousers should be a darker color

@BroonParker

Жыл бұрын

Everyone's should be.

lot of misdirections. So so