All This, and Heaven Too

All This, and Heaven Too (1940)

  • 83% of critics liked it
    (6 reviews)

  • 80% of users liked it
    (930 ratings)

An incredibly long but never dull adaptation of the Rachel Field best-seller, All This and Heaven Too was based on a once-notorious European scandal. Star Bette Davis, playing Henriette Deluzy-Desportes, is first seen as a French schoolteacher in a 19th century American seminary. When her… More

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Unrated, 2 hr. 23 min.
Directed By
Anatole Litvak
Written By
Casey Robinson
Genres
Drama, Classics
In Theaters
Jul 4, 1940 Wide
On DVD
Apr 1, 2008
MGM Home Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Bosley Crowther, New York Times

    Unfortunately, there are too many words and not enough music.

  • Variety Staff, Variety

    Heaven is film theatre at its best.

  • Geoff Andrew, Time Out

    It's a pretty long, gloomy haul, though lavishly mounted (with photography by Ernest Haller) and sensitively acted.

  • , TV Guide's Movie Guide

    A classic of unrequited love.

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    The film was critically acclaimed but because of its overlong 143 minutes and grim story line, it was not the blockbuster the studio hoped for.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Veronique K


    all this, and heaven too" is a tear-jerking over sentimentalized vehicle of miss bette davis, intended to showcase miss davis' caliber of benevolent characters instead of her trademarked roles as malevolent shrews like "little foxes", "jazebel" and… More

  • Mason W


    What a lovely Bette Davis film. I am a very big Bette Davis fan and love especially her films in the 30's and 40's. Charles Boyer from "Gas Light" another film gem is very good in this. Bette plays a governess in the 1800's whom falls in love with the… More

  • nefnie l


    Bette Davis is one of the greatest actors who ever lived. She's great at being bad or good, although her good can sometimes be a little too sweet at times. This is one of them. She plays an innocent governess who works for the wrong couple at the wrong time. This was a well… More

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