In This Our Life
Let There Be Light: The Films of John Huston
December 19, 2014 - January 11, 2015
Huston’s sophomore feature is a drama of two sisters, one good and one evil, with a high-voltage turn by Bette Davis and a powerful subplot indicting racism.
Refusing to be typecast after helming an archetypal noir, Huston chose for his sophomore feature this drama of two sisters—kindhearted Roy (Olivia de Havilland) and spiteful Stanley (Bette Davis, firing on all cylinders). Adapted by Casablanca co-writer Howard Koch from Ellen Glasgow’s Pulitzer Prize–winning novel set in Richmond, Virginia, In This Our Life offers some idea of how Gone with the Wind might have played with Davis cast as Scarlett. Human-rights advocate Huston includes a stinging indictment of racist attitudes, and includes parts for Gone with the Wind’s Hattie McDaniel and young Ernest Anderson in a non-stereotyped role.
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