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John CromwellOf Human Bondage (1934)

The 1934 film was the first film to bring real critical success to its star Bette Davis, her over-the-top, theatrical performance was passed over for a Best Actress Oscar nomination, although she was an unofficial write-in candidate.

The RKO film, directed by John Cromwell, tells the story of a club-footed, sensitive artist Philip Carey (Leslie Howard), an Englishman who has been studying painting in Paris for four years, but is advised by his art teacher that his work is mediocre and second-rate, and that he lacks promise. So he returns to London, England to take up studies to become a medical doctor, but his older age and introspection make it difficult for him to keep up in his scholastic work.
In England, he becomes infatuated - and then obsessed by a blonde, lower-class, slatternly and vulgar, Cockney-accented, illiterate tearoom waitress named Mildred Rogers (Bette Davis).


This movie is part of the collection: Feature Films

Director: John Cromwell
Producer: Pandro S. Berman
Production Company: RKO Radio Pictures
Sponsor: k-otic.com
Audio/Visual: sound, black & white
Keywords: Drama; Leslie Howard; Bette Davis
Contact Information: www.k-otic.com

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Reviewer: jcliff - - February 20, 2009
Subject: you can't get cooler then Betty
this movie was very good, Davis dose not disapoint in this movie. She is my favorite actdress. I would watch this one again,I give it 5 stars.

Reviewer: PioApple - - December 30, 2008
Subject: bette davis :)
she was fantastic in this part :)

i love bette ;*

Reviewer: Marchhaire - - June 24, 2007
Subject: Betty Davis eyes
it's funny that for such a small and seeingly delicate woman Betty Davis lets loose with such intensity and fire.This is my all time favorite Betty Davis flick and Lesile Howard isn't chopped liver either he is the perfect weepy but hopeful character you think of when you hear his name.