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All This, and Heaven Too (1940)
Director(s)	Anatole Litvak
Producer(s)	David Lewis (associate), Hal B. Wallis (executive), Anatole Litvak (uncredited)
Top Genres	Drama, Film Adaptation, Romance
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Featured Cast:

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Bette Davis
(as Henriette Deluzy)

Charles Boyer
(as Duc de Praslin)

Jeffrey Lynn
(as Henry Martyn Field)

All This, and Heaven Too Overview:

All This, and Heaven Too (1940) was a Black-and-white - Drama Film directed by Anatole Litvak and produced by Hal B. Wallis, Anatole Litvak and David Lewis.

SYNOPSIS

A nobleman falls in love with his children's governess and then murders his wife. Unfortunately, the governess goes to jail after the royal philanderer kills himself. Great performances by Boyer as the Duke and Davis as the governess bring Rachel Field's bestselling book to life.

(Source: available at Amazon AMC Classic Movie Companion).

Academy Awards 1940 --- Ceremony Number 13 (source: AMPAS)

Award	Recipient	Result
Best Supporting Actress	Barbara O'Neil	Nominated
Best Cinematography	Ernest Haller	Nominated
Best Picture	Warner Bros.	Nominated

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About MeBlogger, Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog and more. Please add my Google profile to your circles. All This, and Heaven Too (1940) is a Warner Bros. period epic starring Bette Davis and Charles Boyer. It was directed by Anatole Litvak, whom Bette Davis was both rumored to have clashed w... Read full article

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Quotes from

Henriette Deluzy-Desportes: Happiness isn't a little cake which we can cut up to fill our appetites.

Duc de Praslin: Why are you smiling? May I share whatever pleases you so?
Henriette Deluzy-Desportes: You will think I am very silly I'm afraid, but standing here like this with the snow falling reminds of something I used to know. Do you remember a little round glass globe that...
Duc de Praslin: Oh yes, I know, with a snow scene inside. We had a paper weight on a desk at home like that. You shook it and the snow whirled around out from nowhere in a blinding storm.
Henriette Deluzy-Desportes: Yes, that's exactly what I mean.
Duc de Praslin: And if you looked closely enough the whole world seemed to be obliberated and shut out.

Henriette Deluzy-Desportes: You may not have learned much French today, but I think you have learned a little patience and tolerance and that is the same in every language.

Facts about

Although all of the characters (other than Henry Martyn Field) are meant to be French, only the Duc has an French accent. Bette Davis speaks with an English lilt as her character Henriette had come from England after being a governess to a British family.

Although classed as a Love Story, the two leading characters (Henriette and the Duc) never kiss, nor does the Duc kiss his wife at any point.

Henriette, the Duc, and the children pass a steam-powered, platform carousel. While Carousels had been popular in France since the 17th century, mechanized carousels like that shown in the film were invented in the late 1840s, when the film is set.

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All This, and Heaven Too (1940)