This IS a bad example of domestic abuse for the simple reason that Preston Dillard was not a bully or domestic abuser. Any woman worth her hairbrush would have whipped Julie with her own riding crop after 20 minutes of this film. She is more than a spoiled brat. Davis was deliciously good in this part but the character was a prim, prissy MONSTER.
@mindspring57 I don`t think it was a `hint.` I think he came there in the first place with the intent to beat her but she looked so pretty he forgot about it.
@evry190 Probably you are right. To think that, in the antebellum South, he might have gotten away with it, is one of the frightening things to contemplate about that society.
@BitchErica1 "Over the top" is WHY Bette is so good ! Guaranteed to pull no punches, take no prisoners, play every scene to its utmost hilt . . . and then some !
He speaks like Charlton Heston 1:47
delinellychan 2 months ago
I think although bettes performance was good,norma shearer should have won the oscar that year for Marie Antoinette.
kingofcouture1996 2 months ago
This is my favorite Bette Davis film. She was at her most superb in it!
lorrainewands 3 months ago
@macksfischer I guess that's true.
mindspring57 3 months ago
What a horrible man
tedoymisojos 4 months ago
@tedoymisojos No, Julie was the problem.
mindspring57 3 months ago
This IS a bad example of domestic abuse for the simple reason that Preston Dillard was not a bully or domestic abuser. Any woman worth her hairbrush would have whipped Julie with her own riding crop after 20 minutes of this film. She is more than a spoiled brat. Davis was deliciously good in this part but the character was a prim, prissy MONSTER.
blackiemittens 6 months ago
@blackiemittens I agree!
mindspring57 3 months ago
jolie, you better open that door!
NecroHunter93 6 months ago
This is my favorite Davis film. I do declare, she was at her best in this masterpiece.
lorrainewands 7 months ago
@lorrainewands Amen to that,and did'nt she look so beautiful too.
TZEITEL10 5 months ago
"Oh Preston, you forgot your stick!" Hahahahahahahaaa
vereda61 11 months ago
Bette is hands down THE BEST ACTRESS ever been born period. She looks gorgeous here too.
Cutiecomfy 11 months ago 3
She is one of the best actresses ever PERIOD.
UndercoverCracker 1 year ago
No wonder Bette Davis won her second Oscar with this film. She was absolutely
beautiful and the costume and the hairdo were amazing.
Operalover12002 1 year ago 13
The hint of domestic abuse, beginning at 3:10, was typical of the Old South.
mindspring57 1 year ago 5
@mindspring57 I don`t think it was a `hint.` I think he came there in the first place with the intent to beat her but she looked so pretty he forgot about it.
evry190 1 year ago
@evry190 Probably you are right. To think that, in the antebellum South, he might have gotten away with it, is one of the frightening things to contemplate about that society.
mindspring57 1 year ago
@mindspring57 Hint?!?!
lorrainewands 3 months ago
@lorrainewands He doesn't actually say what he was going to use it for!
mindspring57 3 months ago
I love this movie. Bette Davis is gorgeous!
MissyPtbo 1 year ago
over the top as hell but shes still good.
BitchErica1 1 year ago
@BitchErica1 "Over the top" is WHY Bette is so good ! Guaranteed to pull no punches, take no prisoners, play every scene to its utmost hilt . . . and then some !
JudgeJulieLit 1 year ago
love it!!!!
marienoreene 1 year ago