Three sisters from Montana
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Three sisters from Montana |
| Original title | The Sisters |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1938 |
| length | 99 minutes |
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| Director | Anatole Litvak |
| script | Milton Crime |
| production | Anatole Litvak, Hal B. Wallis , Jack L. Warner |
| music | Max Steiner |
| camera | Tony Gaudio |
| cut | Warren Low |
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Three Sisters from Montana (Original title: The Sisters ) is an American melodrama by Anatole Litvak from 1938 with Errol Flynn and Bette Davis in the leading roles. The novel The Sisters by Myron Brinig served as a literary model .
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In 1904 the three sisters Louise, Helen and Grace Elliott in a small town in Montana tried to marry a well-off man each. Above all, Helen, the prettiest of the three, longs for a glamorous life by the side of a wealthy man. At a ball to mark the presidential election, Louise, the eldest, meets San Francisco- based sports reporter Frank Medlin. For both of them it is love at first sight and only a few days later they surprisingly announce their wedding plans. Against her parents' wishes, Louise moves to San Francisco as Frank's wife. Her two sisters are also getting married. While Grace finds a suitable partner in Tom Knivel and gives him a son, Helen opts for the older, but very rich Sam Johnson, whom she does not love, but who is ready to fulfill all of her wishes.
Louise and Frank love each other very much, but Frank's professional failures increasingly weigh on their marriage. As a reporter, he earns little money and the novel he always wanted to write is never finished. He starts drinking out of frustration, but wants to stop when Louise is expecting a child. After a boxing match, about which Frank is supposed to write a report, he wants to bring Louise, who accompanied him, home. However, Louise insists that he do his job and goes alone. On the way to her apartment, Louise suddenly collapses and has a miscarriage. Frank is devastated and blames himself for the misfortune. He starts drinking again.
Faced with numerous unpaid bills and the realization that he doesn't even have enough money to buy Louise a Christmas present, Frank goes to his boss to ask for more salary. But his boss fires him because Frank drinks too much for him and his work suffers as a result. When Louise wants to improve her financial situation and take a job in William Benson's department store, Frank feels all the more pangs of conscience about not being able to offer his wife the life she deserves. Out of hurt pride, he forbids her to accept the position. Both get into an argument, whereupon Frank pulls away and gets drunk. While he still hasn't found a new job after a few months, Louise thrives in her work as a secretary. Out of shame and guilt, Frank wants to leave San Francisco. He hires on a ship and sails off that same night as a simple sailor. The next day, San Francisco was hit by a violent earthquake and Louise's apartment was also destroyed by the force of nature. Louise herself and her friend Flora save themselves to Oakland , where they are taken in by Flora's mother. When Frank heard of the disaster by radio, he wanted to turn back immediately, but the captain of his ship refused to change course.
After two years, San Francisco is almost completely rebuilt and Louise is back working for William Benson. When she learns from her sister Grace that she has been betrayed by her husband Tom, Louise travels to her hometown in Montana on short notice. Helen also arrives to assist Grace. Ultimately, Louise convinces Grace to give Tom another chance. Meanwhile, Frank arrives at the port of San Francisco. When he learns that Louise is in Montana, he follows her. Another ball was held there on the occasion of the presidential election in 1908. When Frank and Louise meet again, they happily hug each other and decide to try again.
background
After Errol Flynn had risen to the acclaimed Hollywood star with adventure films such as Unter Piratenflagge (1935) and Robin Hood, King of the Vagabonds (1938) , he tried his hand at a serious role for the first time in Three Sisters from Montana . A year later he was back in front of the camera with Bette Davis for the period film The Queen's Favorite (1939).
Three Sisters from Montana premiered in the United States on October 14, 1938. In Germany, the melodrama was first shown on television on November 9, 1963.
Reviews
The lexicon of international films described Three Sisters from Montana as “[s] entimental Hollywood drama with a star cast”. Also Prisma spoke of a star-studded melodrama, "back Bette Davis as one between self and sense of duty, marriage, honor and love in conflict who excels woman" in the but. Errol Flynn, known as "the shining hero of adventure cinema", made an "impressive debut as an actor in a tragic role".
According to Variety , Bette Davis delivered "one of her most brilliant performances". Errol Flynn succeeded in "a lively portrayal" of a reporter, "even if his slight English accent seems out of place". Anita Louise and Jane Bryan are also convincing in their roles.
German version
The German dubbed version was created in Munich in 1963 on behalf of ARD .
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Frank Medlin | Errol Flynn | Harald Leipnitz |
| Louise Elliott Medlin | Bette Davis | Margot Leonard |
| Helen Elliott Johnson | Anita Louise | Ursula Herwig |
| William Benson | Ian Hunter | Thomas Reiner |
| Tim Hazelton | Donald Crisp | Wolfgang Eichberger |
| Grace Elliott Knivel | Jane Bryan | Helga Trümper |
| Sam Johnson | Alan Hale Sr. | Wolf Ackva |
| Tom Knivel | Dick Foran | Niels Clausnitzer |
| Ned Elliott | Henry Travers | Klaus W. Krause |
| Norman French | Patric Knowles | Kurt E. Ludwig |
| Flora Gibbon | Lee Patrick | Eva Pflug |
| teller | - | Reinhard Glemnitz |
Web links
- Three sisters from Montana in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Three sisters from Montana at Turner Classic Movies (English)
- Pictures of the film on cinema.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Three Sisters from Montana. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed May 12, 2019 .
- ↑ cf. prisma.de
- ^ "Davis turns in one of her most scintillating performances. Flynn's happy-go-lucky reporter is a vivid portrayal although his slight English accent seems incongruous. " See The Sisters . In: Variety , 1938.
- ↑ cf. synchrondatenbank.de