There are a Number of Memorable Things in this Pre-Coder. The Most Obvious Example is Bette Davis Star Turning Performance. The "soon to be forbidden" Subjects like Out of Wedlock Pregnancies, Obvious Prostitutes, Promiscuity, and Such. Extensive Use of Surreal Wipes, Double Exposures, and Other Photographic Tricks that Manage to Move Along the Depressing Nature of the Films Protagonist and the Mostly Stilted and Oddly Staccato Line Deliveries.
Leslie Howard's Self Loathing Never Ends Until the End and it can be quite a Burden that Tends to make the Film Experience Frustrating at Times. It has been Reported that when the Scene Arrives where He Looks at Bette Davis and Proclaims "You disgust me!", Cheers Erupted from Audiences in Theatres Across America.
It is No Wonder. Davis' Character Mildred is so Loathsome, Selfish and Sadistic that an Ounce of Sympathy is Forever Absent. The Performance is Remarkable and Garnered Davis a "write in" Oscar Nomination. But the Howard Character is a Masochistic, Self-Pitying, Bore and his Acting Consists of Not Much More than Staring at the Floor (or is it his foot?) and Books, as well as Into Deep Space.
Leslie Howard's Self Loathing Never Ends Until the End and it can be quite a Burden that Tends to make the Film Experience Frustrating at Times. It has been Reported that when the Scene Arrives where He Looks at Bette Davis and Proclaims "You disgust me!", Cheers Erupted from Audiences in Theatres Across America.
It is No Wonder. Davis' Character Mildred is so Loathsome, Selfish and Sadistic that an Ounce of Sympathy is Forever Absent. The Performance is Remarkable and Garnered Davis a "write in" Oscar Nomination. But the Howard Character is a Masochistic, Self-Pitying, Bore and his Acting Consists of Not Much More than Staring at the Floor (or is it his foot?) and Books, as well as Into Deep Space.