"The Little Foxes", "The Letter" + 1897

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Just by chance I happened to catch these two Bette Davis movies lately.  I hadn't seen either one in years, and I was struck by the DS aspects of both to different degrees.

"The Little Foxes" for those who may not know the movie, is set in the late 1800's and follows a viperous family of rich siblings.  They are constantly involved with shady dealings and double crossing each other for money and power (see why I thought of our loving and close Collins siblings of 1897?).

Regina, the Davis character reminds me very much of Judith's cool handling of the Trask problem.  In the movie, she needs money from her husband (a decent guy with a heart problem).  He has an attack and she ignores his pleas to get him the medicine he needs; just standing there, expressionless watching him as he dies.

As to "The Letter", it's the opening scene that brings 1897 to mind.  The Davis character has discovered that her husband has betrayed her with another woman.  The first scene we see is of her chasing him through the house with a gun, shooting him as he runs and finally dies. (He had the sense to run outside, though, not up to a barely used tower room).

Just thought inquiring minds would find these amusing.  And here we thought the writers were only raiding the bookshelves for their plots.....