Seen it many times as B. Davis is one of my top listers. This movie is chilling in light of what is happening today. We have so many lessons but are we learning anything?

of the trump cabal we've been dealing with.

We lost our TV service with TCM recently.

A number of these early fascist warning films from H.wood were shown by TCM several years ago I believe.

She had a tendency to go over the top on many of her roles, but this is one where she underplays the part. She shows her emotions through what we now call micro expressions.

According to IMDB, she asked for Paul Lukas to have top billing in this film, as his is the main part. But the studio said that more people would come to see a Bette Davis film than to see a Paul Lukas film!

blown away by this the first time I saw it and felt it deserved best movie over Casablanca. After a couple of more views I reversed my decision and feel the Academy got it right. I also feel Bogart deserved Best Actor more than Lukas. I still like it but it's seems too preachy after three or more views. Davis is my second favorite actress but in this she was just okay the way Ingrid Bergman was just okay in Casablanca. Now if I watch I'm amused when Lukas takes Thatcher from Citizen Kane outside to shoot him. For me, this film just didn't age well.

those who change them to a completely opposite one from first impression. Get back to us later if you get blown away again.

At the time, the only other nominee I had seen was For Whom The Bell Tolls. Since then I've seen Casablanca,Song of Bernadette, The Human Comedy and The Ox Bow Incident. All worthy of the Best Picture trophy, IMHO.