The Sisters (1938)
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The 1938 filmization of Myron Brinig's novel The Sisters stars Bette Davis, Jane Bryan and Anita Louise as Louise, Grace and Helen Elliot. The daughters of turn-of-the-century druggist Henry Travers and his wife Beulah Bondi, the Elliot girls all meet their future husbands at a 1904 ball in… More The 1938 filmization of Myron Brinig's novel The Sisters stars Bette Davis, Jane Bryan and Anita Louise as Louise, Grace and Helen Elliot. The daughters of turn-of-the-century druggist Henry Travers and his wife Beulah Bondi, the Elliot girls all meet their future husbands at a 1904 ball in honor of President Teddy Roosevelt. Special emphasis is given the relationship between Louise and reckless, irresponsible newspaperman Frank Medlin (Errol Flynn). Feeling trapped by his marriage, Medlin turns to drink and philandering. When Frank eventually runs off to Singapore, Louise is too proud to hold her husband by informing him that she's pregnant. Caught up in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake (superbly conveyed with a single interior shot of a collapsing apartment), Louise wanders around dazedly until she finds shelter in an Oakland brothel (though it is not so specified). She loses her baby, but is consoled by her employer Ian Hunter, who falls in love with her. The original book ended with Louise giving up her unhappy marriage for a joyous relationship with her boss; the film ends with Louise being reunited with the suddenly sobered Frank (despite the protests of both Bette Davis and Errol Flynn). A prime example of Hollywood Soap Opera, The Sisters also yielded an amusing reel of outtakes, the best of which shows Bette Davis breaking up Errol Flynn by sighing "I've just had a baby in the ladies' room." ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Anatole Litvak
- Written By
- Milton Krims
- Genres
- Classics, Drama
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Oct 14, 1938 Wide
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Cast
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Errol Flynn
as Frank Medlin
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Bette Davis
as Louise Elliott
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Anita Louise
as Helen Elliott
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Ian Hunter
as William Benson
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Donald Crisp
as Tim Hazelton
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Beulah Bondi
as Rose Elliott
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Jane Bryan
as Grace Elliott
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Alan Hale
as Sam Johnson
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Dick Foran
as Tom Knivel
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Henry Travers
as Ned Elliott
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Patric Knowles
as Norman French
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Lee Patrick
as Flora Gibbon
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Laura Hope Crewes
as Flora's Mother
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Janet Shaw
as Stella Johnson
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Harry Davenport
as Doc Moore
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Ruth Garland
as Laura Bennett
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John Warburton
as Lord Anthony Bittick
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Paul Harvey
as Caleb Ammon
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Mayo Methot
as Blonde
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Irving Bacon
as Robert Forbes
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Arthur Hoyt
as Tom Selig
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Granville Bates
as Announcer
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Richard Bond
as Boy
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Edgar Edwards
as Soldier
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Stanley Fields
as Ship's Captain
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Mildred Gover
as Black Maid
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Susan Hayward
as Telephone Operator
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Stuart Holmes
as Bartender
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Robert E. Homans
as Editor
- Vera Lewis
- Mira McKinney
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Peggy Moran
as Girl
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Frances Morris
as Telephone Operator
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Jack Mower
as Ship's Officer
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Bob Perry
as Referee
- Lee Phelps
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Constantine Romanoff
as Spectator
- Rosella Towne
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Larry Williams
as Young Man
- Lotta Williams
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Georgia Cooper
as Woman
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Loia Cheaney
as Maid
- Bessie Wade
- Paulette Evans
