All This, and Heaven Too
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| Directed by | Anatole Litvak |
| Produced by |
David Lewis Anatole Litvak |
| Screenplay by | Casey Robinson |
| Based on |
All This, and Heaven Too (1938 novel) by Rachel Field |
| Starring |
Bette Davis Charles Boyer Barbara O'Neil |
| Music by | Max Steiner |
| Cinematography | Ernie Haller |
| Edited by | Warren Low |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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141 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
All This, and Heaven Too is a 1940 American drama film made by Warner Bros.-First National Pictures, produced and directed by Anatole Litvak with Hal B. Wallis as executive producer. The screenplay was adapted by Casey Robinson from the novel by Rachel Field. The music was by Max Steiner and the cinematography by Ernie Haller. The film stars Bette Davis and Charles Boyer with Barbara O'Neil, Jeffrey Lynn, Virginia Weidler, Helen Westley, Walter Hampden, Henry Daniell, Harry Davenport, George Coulouris, Montagu Love, Janet Beecher and June Lockhart.
Rachel Field's novel is based on the true story of Field's great-aunt, Henriette Deluzy Desportes, a French governess who fell in love with the Duc de Praslin, her employer. When Praslin's wife, the Duchesse, was murdered, Henriette was implicated. It was a real-life scandal that brought down France's King Louis-Philippe in 1848.
Mademoiselle Henriette Deluzy-Desportes (Bette Davis), a French woman, starts teaching at an American girls school. She is confronted by the tales and gossip about her that circulate among her pupils and, thus provoked, she decides to tell them her life story.
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