The Sisters

Director: Anatole Litvak Anatole Litvak

Overview

The filmization of Myron Brinig's novel stars Bette Davis, Jane Bryan, and Anita Louise as Louise, Grace, and Helen Elliot. The daughters of turn-of-the-century druggist Henry Travers and his wife Beulah Bondi, the Elliot girls all meet their future husbands at a 1904 ball in honor of President Teddy Roosevelt.

Product Details

Release Date:	11/01/2011
UPC:	0883316387726
Original Release:	1938
Source:	Warner Archives
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[B&W]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono]
Language:	English
Time:	1:39:00
Sales rank:	27,738

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Bette Davis	Louise Elliott
Jane Bryan	Grace Elliott
Anita Louise	Helen Elliott
Errol Flynn	Frank Medlin
Henry Travers	Ned Elliott
Beulah Bondi	Rose Elliott
Donald Crisp	Tim Hazleton
Dick Foran	Tom Knivel
Patric Knowles	Norman French
Janet Shaw	Stella Johnson
Lee Patrick	Flora Gibbon
Laura Hope Crews	Flora's Mother
Harry Davenport	Doc Moore
Irving Bacon	Norman Forbes
Mayo Methot	Blonde
Paul Harvey	Caleb Ammon
Arthur Hoyt	Tom Selig
John Warburton	Lord Anthony Bittick
Stanley Fields	Ship's Captain
Ruth Garland	Lora Bennett
Larry Williams	Young Man,Woman,Actor
Robert E. Homans	Editor
Stuart Holmes	Bartender
Constantine Romanoff	Spectator
Susan Hayward	Telephone Operator
Rosella Towne	Telephone Operator
Paulette Evans	Telephone Operator
Frances Morris	Telephone Operator
Richard Bond	Boy
Jack Mower	Ship's Officer
Vera Lewis	Woman
Bessie Wade	Woman
Mira McKinney	Woman
Georgia Cooper	Woman
Lee Phelps	Announcer
Granville Bates	Announcer
Bob Perry	Referee
Edgar Edwards	Soldier
Mildred Gover	Black Maid
Jang Lim	Chinese Man
Loia Cheaney	Maid
Ian Hunter	William Benson
Peggy Moran	Girl
Alan Hale Jr.	Sam Johnson
Max Steiner	Composer

Technical Credits

Milton Krims

Anatole Litvak	Director
Milton Krims	Screenwriter
David Lewis	Producer

Editorial Reviews

Despite the title, Warner Bros.' The Sisters actually belongs to Errol Flynn and the actor does receive top billing above Bette Davis. But his clipped accent is not that believable and the patched-on happy ending all but betrays his far from heroic character. Even so, the earthquake scenes (partially lifted from the 1927 silent Old San Francisco) are eye-catching and Davis is her usual stalwart self. She was, they claim, in love with director Anatole Litvak but Litvak nevertheless awarded most of the close-ups to Flynn. As a period piece, The Sisters remains fairly entertaining but in the end it all adds up to just so much soap opera.