I recommend this movie for Lionel Barrymore and Katherine Hepburn fans only. Their performances are clearly the highlight. The movie is very "talky" as it was a play before becoming a movie.
Unfortunately, no one told Billie Burke that this wasn't going to be a silent movie - as she overacts facial expressions throughout the film. Some of her blunders, however, can be blamed on the overly-melodramatic dialogue.
Some of the cross-cutting of close-ups without a concern for continuity are an embarrassment, and would later be spoofed in variety shows such as The Carol Burnett Show. There really is a scene where a man says to a woman, "You've changed", and when the next close-up of the woman is shown, she HAS changed - her hair style and even hair COLOR is completely different! It's laughable.
Rating - 6/10 (cannot recommend, except for die-hard fans of the actors featured).
Unfortunately, no one told Billie Burke that this wasn't going to be a silent movie - as she overacts facial expressions throughout the film. Some of her blunders, however, can be blamed on the overly-melodramatic dialogue.
Some of the cross-cutting of close-ups without a concern for continuity are an embarrassment, and would later be spoofed in variety shows such as The Carol Burnett Show. There really is a scene where a man says to a woman, "You've changed", and when the next close-up of the woman is shown, she HAS changed - her hair style and even hair COLOR is completely different! It's laughable.
Rating - 6/10 (cannot recommend, except for die-hard fans of the actors featured).