Adam Had Four Sons

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S R @ScottR Jun 20 I am not sure why I saw this one, it may have been in a dvd collection and I thought I’d give it a watch. Regardless, it started out with promise, but descended into soap opera intrigue with a horrible woman messing up a family and their governess’s lives. All of it could have been prevented had they not been so honorable and just spoken to each other about it. SLC dvd. See more harwee h @RT06454255 12/25/2023 Passable romantic drama. Ingrid Bergman at her charming best. She's always fun to watch. See more Blobbo X @Blobbo 04/11/2023 Wait - I was thinking of The Little Foxes. Fairly absorbing drama set in the early 1900's involving the pre-Mary Poppins Ingrid Bergman as governess of four boys. Or was that somebody else? Oh, and there's Fay Wray (sans King Kong.) See more Victor T @VictorTalkingMachine 11/29/2022 Fun to watch Susan Hayward being bitchy to Ingrid Bergman. See more 12/12/2015 This was a good early melodrama--the first of Ratoff's films I have seen (at least to my knowledge) and American films starring Ingrid Bergman, one of my favourite actresses (three earlier Swedish films she's in, that I found in an inexpensive boxed set by Kino Lorber, is delightful). This boasted a strong supporting cast too, as Bergman's Emilie does everything she can to provide support for the family she loves working for so dearly. It was short and sweet, and is good value for the cinephile if you like the 30's-and-40's style of filmmaking, and enjoy melodramas. Other fine directors who are great at this style are John Stahl, Douglas Sirk, and, more recently, Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Todd Haynes. At this stage of her career, Bergman isn't as fun to watch, at least for me, as similar actresses of her era, such as Bette Davis, Greta Garbo or Joan Crawford. I prefer Bergman's work after she risked everything to marry Roberto Rossellini. I believe the great difficulties she had to endure gave her a much deeper palette of possible behaviours for her to choose from. I significantly feel that if a thespian can survive trauma, it's the best thing in the world for their craft. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger--and I would definitely posit it makes one a much better actor as well. See more 02/06/2014 A wonderful film from start to finish. Make sure to add this one to your collection. See more Read all reviews

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