One of the fun things about re-watching great movies is noticing new things and appreciating things you've seen before.
The actors who play the Hubbard Brothers--Charles Dingle and Carl Benton Reid are wonderful--it's Reid's film debut. I've mentioned Dan Duryea before--he is memorable as Leo. Teresa Wright is luminous as Alexandra. Who can forget Herbert Marshall as he crawls upstairs to get the heart medicine he needs after his wife Regina (Bette Davis) tells him of her contempt for him and how she wishes for his death?
Patricia Collinge has the best scene in the film as she explains to Alexandra that she doesn't really have headaches, but that she drinks; how everyone knew but her that her husband married her for her family's cotton.
Four paragraphs before I even address Bette's performance. She's brilliant as she maneuvers among her brothers, taunts her husband, realizes she's lost her daughter.
This is a good film with great performances--a classic.
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