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Beyond the Forest (1949)
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Reviews Counted:4
Fresh:3
Rotten:1
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Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: A poor man's MADAME BOVARY, the film stars Bette Davis as Rosa Moline, the intensely bored and dissatisfied wife of a small-town doctor (Joseph Cotten). Seeking to cure her ennui, she begins an... A poor man's MADAME BOVARY, the film stars Bette Davis as Rosa Moline, the intensely bored and dissatisfied wife of a small-town doctor (Joseph Cotten). Seeking to cure her ennui, she begins an affair with wealthy industrialist Neil Latimer (David Brian), who is vacationing at a cabin near her home. When Latimer returns to Chicago, Rose presses her husband's patients to pay their bills, using the money to finance a trip to visit the businessman. Latimer does his best to elude the persistent Rosa before admitting that their fling was merely a distraction, informing her of his engagement to a socialite. Shortly after the disappointed Rosa arrives home, she learns that she's pregnant, a condition that Dr. Moline hopes will bolster their shaky marriage. When the Molines attend a party given by friend Moose (Minor Watson), Latimer's caretaker, the industrialist also happens to be present. Having canceled his engagement, he asks Rosa to return to Chicago with him, unaware of her pregnancy. When he hears of this, Moose threatens to reveal her condition to Latimer if she leaves her husband. King Vidor's drama is somewhat less than the sum of its parts, but the film is notable for being Bette Davis's last film for Warner Bros. [More]
Starring: Bette Davis, Joseph Cotten, David Brian, Ruth Roman
Starring: Bette Davis, Joseph Cotten, David Brian, Ruth Roman, Dona Drake, Regis Toomey, Minor Watson
Director: King Vidor
Director: King Vidor
Composer: Max Steiner
Producer: Henry Blanke
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Reviews for Beyond the Forest
Davis excels as the passionate but stranded housewife who describes her suffocating community as "a two train a day town." The expression What a Dump, which Liz Taylor repeats in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf comes from this Vidor-directed melodrama.
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