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7.1/10
5.4K
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Two aged sisters reflect on life and the past during a late summer day in Maine.Two aged sisters reflect on life and the past during a late summer day in Maine.Two aged sisters reflect on life and the past during a late summer day in Maine.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 2 wins & 5 nominations total
John Gielgud
- Mr. Maranov (rehearsed only)
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaScreen legend Lillian Gish was 93 when she co-starred in this film, making her the oldest actress ever to feature in a leading role.
- GoofsWhen the radio (or wireless) is switched on in order for Libby to listen to her favourite programme, the sound of the broadcast is heard immediately as though it were a modern transistor or digital radio. But the film is set in the mid-1950s during the era of valve wireless receivers (see also the prop used in the scene), meaning that the ladies would have to wait for several seconds while the set warms up before the programme could be heard.
- Quotes
Libby Strong: Photographs fade. Memories live forever.
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Small and quiet
This movie is very slight and quiet and beautiful. There is some of the best cinematography you've ever seen, as the Maine coastline is used to full advantage and you can smell the sea breezes. In a movie like this, you appreciate it even more, because the characters keep talking about what a beautiful day it is, and you get to see what they mean.
As a previous comment mentions, the actors in this movie have hundreds of years of screen time between them, so you know you are in good hands. Lillian Gish is still one of the great beauties of the movies; even at this late age, she was still glowing. Bette Davis had already suffered a stroke so she looks very frail and thin. Last time she had an on-screen sister, Joan Crawford in "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane"?, they quarreled also, though obviously in a different way. Lillian and Bette get on each others nerves the way family members tend to do without even trying very hard.
Ann Sothern and Vincent Price make impressions in smaller parts and Sothern deserved her nomination, though Gish should have gotten one, too, and that would have been a fitting tribute to one of the pioneers of cinema.
As a previous comment mentions, the actors in this movie have hundreds of years of screen time between them, so you know you are in good hands. Lillian Gish is still one of the great beauties of the movies; even at this late age, she was still glowing. Bette Davis had already suffered a stroke so she looks very frail and thin. Last time she had an on-screen sister, Joan Crawford in "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane"?, they quarreled also, though obviously in a different way. Lillian and Bette get on each others nerves the way family members tend to do without even trying very hard.
Ann Sothern and Vincent Price make impressions in smaller parts and Sothern deserved her nomination, though Gish should have gotten one, too, and that would have been a fitting tribute to one of the pioneers of cinema.
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- Boyo-2
- Nov 26, 2000
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Box office
- Budget
- $3,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,338,198
- Gross worldwide
- $1,338,198
- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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