I am reading the book to this fabulous movie, and when I saw that it was going to be on TCM, I just had to see the movie. Every single character was exactly as I had imagined them, although Henriette spends six years with the Praslin family, not approximately a year. You can easily overlook that fault, because that is what to be expected. The beautiful, moving scenes written by Rachel Field come to life in this romance/drama. Charles Boyer was perfectly attractive, helpless, and a little mad as Monsieur le Duc de Praslin. Bette Davis' quiet performance was captivating, the love between the two main characters was tragic and romantic. Barbara O'Neil played the reverse role from Gone with the Wind, where she played the quiet, calm, maternal figure, (Scarlett's mother), and her daughter was the loud, uncouth and jealous one. Being a huge Gone with the Wind fan, it was great to see her acting in a role totally different. All in all, I think this movie is great by itself, and a wonderful testament to the novel by Rachel Field
Review of All This, and Heaven Too
