All This, and Heaven Too | |
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Directed by | Anatole Litvak |
Screenplay by | Casey Robinson |
Based on | novel by Rachel Field |
Produced by | Hal B. Wallis (executive producer) David Lewis (associate producer) |
Starring | Bette Davis Charles Boyer Jeffrey Lynn Barbara O'Neil Virginia Weidler Henry Daniell Walter Hampden George Coulouris |
Cinematography | Ernie Haller, A.S.C. |
Edited by | Warren Low |
Music by | Max Steiner |
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Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. |
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Running time | 141 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
All This, and Heaven Too is a 1940 American drama film released by Warner Bros.-First National Pictures, produced and directed by Anatole Litvak with Hal B. Wallis as executive producer. The screenplay was adapted by Casey Robinson from the 1938 novel by Rachel Field. The music was by Max Steiner and the cinematography by Ernie Haller. The film stars Bette Davis and Charles Boyer with Jeffrey Lynn, Barbara O'Neil, Virginia Weidler, Helen Westley, Walter Hampden, Henry Daniell, Harry Davenport, George Coulouris and Montagu Love.
Field's novel is based on the true story of her great-aunt Henriette Deluzy-Desportes, a French governess who fell in love with the Duc de Praslin, her employer. When Praslin's wife was murdered, Deluzy-Desportes was implicated. The scandal contributed to the political turmoil before the French Revolution of 1848 that deposed King Louis Philippe I.[1][2]