Davis stars as identical twins katie and pat bosworth. A stolen life is a 1946 american drama film starring bette davis, who also produced, and directed by curtis bernhardt. Watch the full length movie of a stolen life online or on the fios mobile app. A stolen life 1946 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. A stolen life 1946 frequently asked questions imdb. A stolen life 1946 movie with bette davis and glenn ford.
Quiet katie, an artist, visits her familys cottage off the coast of new england and falls head over heels for bill glenn ford, who works at a nearby. If you are interested to know about a stolen lifes cast and its plot, then we have the details for you. Title sequence from the movie a stolen life 1946 directed by. Maybe our book, top 50 movie starsstatistically speaking is your answer. In this romantic melodrama, bette davis plays twin sisters for the first.
Jul 02, 2017 bette davis stars in a dual role in a stolen life 1946, an engrossing romantic melodrama available on dvd from the warner archive. With bette davis, glenn ford, dane clark, walter brennan. Academy award winner bette davis stars in a dual role as twin sistersone sweet and demure, the other scheming and philandering. Jul 20, 2018 on july 20, 2018, viewers will be able to watch another suspensefilled flick, a stolen life, on lifetime movies. The title sounds intriguing and the film will keep you on the edge of your seat. See more ideas about a stolen life, bette davis and bette davis eyes. A stolen life was the first movie produced by bette davis production company b. In 1947 bernhardt directed possessed, featuring joan crawford in an academy awardnominated turn as a mentally unstable woman. Based on the 1935 novel, a stolen life by karel josef benes. Buy a stolen life movie posters from movie poster shop.
When kate tells him the lover that she must end their relationship, he angrily tells her that he now realizes that he was just like all the others, which is apparently news to her. Apr 07, 2018 a stolen life has become one of my favorite davis films, a swooning melodrama about twin sisters pat and kate. Skradzione zycie 1946 artystka kate bosworth bette davis spoznia sie na lodz. A stolen life, in which bette davis plays two roles, new film at hollywoodso goes my love of winter garden. Sep 19, 20 a slow moving film that never amounts to much and frequently languishes on the shoals of extraneous plot points, a stolen life seems to be scripted without any concept of what a bette davis movie involving dirty tricks and silly plot twists is all about. In her last film twofaced woman,greta garbo played twins but actually there was only one woman with different personalities.
A stolen life 1946 film wikipedia republished wiki 2. Stolen life, a 1946 movie clip could i hire a boat. A stolen life is a 1946 drama film starring bette davis, who also produced, and directed by curtis bernhardt. A stolen life 1946 reserved kate bosworth bette davis returns home to cape cod to work on her painting, and meets and falls in love with young engineer bill emerson glenn ford, who is. The ending a stolen life 1946 discussion moviechat. Bette davis plays twin sisters kate and patricia bosworth. Davis starred in much better films in both genres during her long career.
A stolen life is a romantic melodrama, making the unbelievable aspects of the story harder to relish. A stolen life is designed to give bette davis an interesting dual roleand she plays it extremely well, more introspective than usual. Feb 01, 2012 title sequence from the movie a stolen life 1946 directed by. The movie is a remake of the 1939 british film stolen life starring elisabeth bergner and michael redgrave, which had been adapted from a. Moviechat forums a stolen life 1946 discussion the ending. The pacing is also lethargic in comparison to the darker thriller tenor of dead ringer, which i prefer. The supporting cast includes glenn ford, dane clark, peggy knudsen, charles ruggles, and bruce bennett formerly herman brix. The supporting cast includes glenn ford, dane clark, peggy knudsen, charlie ruggles, and bruce bennett formerly herman brix. A stolen life 1946 is more convincing, with bette davis portraying twin sisters who both love glenn ford. When a womans twin sister is drowned, she assumes her identity in order to be close to the man she feels her sister took from her years before. Director curtis bernhardt s opening, banking bette davis new england bona fides, as she misses a boat and hires handsome glenn ford to ferry her over to a nameless island, neither of them identified at this point, in a stolen life, 1946, based on a novel by the czech writer karel benes.
A stolen life, released by warner brothers in 1946, is not just a bette davis melodrama, its also her first film as a producer so one assumes it was a personal project. Were your movie poster source for new releases and vintage movie posters. The movie is a remake of a 1939 british film stolen life starring elisabeth bergner and michael redgrave. Oh in keeping with this theme please see sleuthand im not gonna say another word about that film because, well, you knowjust see it. A stolen life stars two bette davises in one grand, heartwrenching melodrama. A stolen life dvdr 1946 warner archive collection mod. A stolen life 1946, a remake of an earlier picture by the same name that.
A stolen life 1946 bette davis stars as a pair of identical twins, one good and one bad, in a stolen life 1946, but the title grossly oversimplifies the circumstances that lead one twin to usurp the identity of the other. A stolen life 1946 is more convincing, with bette davis portraying. A twin takes her deceased sisters place as wife of the man they both love. A stolen life stars two bette davises in one grand, heart wrenching melodrama. A stolen life 1946 stream and watch online moviefone. Mark griffin, author and film historian, will present a 15minute intro to the film. Bette davis in her greatest of all her triumphs a twin takes her deceased sisters place as wife of the man they both love. With glenn ford, walter brennan and dane clark in support, its an interesting melodrama of good sister vs. The movie is a remake of a 1939 british film stolen life starring elisabeth bergner. Just log on to your verizon account and watch the latest shows online.
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