In This Our Life



In This Our Life is a 1942 film about two sisters, Stanley and Roy Timberlake. Stanley (Bette Davis) runs off with Roy's (Olivia de Havilland) husband. Soon, she drives him to suicide and so, she returns home, only to find that her sister, Roy, fell in love with her ex-fiancè, Craig. Stanley, being the selfish and jealous woman she is, tries to get Craig back and a climactic conflict ensues.

The film is based on the 1941 novel In This Our Life by Ellen Glasgow.

Cast

 * Bette Davis as Stanley Timberlake Kingsmill
 * Olivia de Havilland as Roy Timberlake
 * George Brent as Craig Fleming
 * Dennis Morgan as Peter Kingsmill
 * Frank Craven as Mr. Asa Timberlake
 * Billie Burke as Mrs. Lavinia Fitzroy Timberlake
 * Charles Coburn as Uncle William Fitzroy
 * Mary Servoss as Aunt Charlotte Fitzroy
 * Ernest Anderson as Parry Clay
 * Hattie McDaniel as Minerva Clay
 * Lee Patrick as Betty Wilmoth