You Can't Buy Everything

1934
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1 Std. 22 Min.

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William Bakewell and Jean Parker in You Can't Buy Everything (1934)

Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuHannah is so tight with her money that she takes her son, Donnie, to the charity ward a week after he hurts his leg. But she has always hoarded her money since her late husband wasted most o... Alles lesenHannah is so tight with her money that she takes her son, Donnie, to the charity ward a week after he hurts his leg. But she has always hoarded her money since her late husband wasted most of it and now she plans to save it for Donnie. But when Donnie graduates from Princeton, he... Alles lesenHannah is so tight with her money that she takes her son, Donnie, to the charity ward a week after he hurts his leg. But she has always hoarded her money since her late husband wasted most of it and now she plans to save it for Donnie. But when Donnie graduates from Princeton, he does not want to go into banking at Hannah's bank, he wants to be a writer, which upsets ... Alles lesen

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May Robson

Hannah

Jean Parker

Elizabeth

Lewis Stone

Burton

Mary Forbes

Kate

Reginald Mason

Dr. Lorimer

William Bakewell

Donny (As a Man)

Tad Alexander

Donny (As a Boy)

Walter Walker

Flagg

Reginald Barlow

Sparks

Claude Gillingwater

Banker

Bruce Bennett

Bank Clerk
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Margaret Bert

Miss Austin - Burton's Secretary
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Eddie Borden

Train Conductor
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Walter Brennan

Train Vendor
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Kate Campbell

Betsy - Kate's Maid
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Nick Copeland

Thomas - Bank Messenger
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Charles Crockett

Committee Man
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Eva Dennison

Woman at Graduation
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7ksf-2

pinching every penny

May robson, lewis stone, mary forbes. Period piece... 1890s. This is supposed to be based on the life of the thrify investor hetty green, from a new bedford whaling family, who had saved and pinched every penny. In this story, mrs. Bell even makes up a false name so she can bring her son to the free clinic. Of course, some of the stories were probably greatly exaggerated at the time. The film hints that the ornery mrs. Bell probably may have had serious trust issues, perhaps even paranoia. We see the control that mrs. Bell has over her son, his occupation, and even his marriage plans. According to wikipedia dot com, there was also a daughter, but we don't see her mentioned in the film. It's interesting, especially for those of us born and raised in massachusetts, who had learned about hetty green in school. Directed by charles reisner. The run time on imdb and turner classics shows one hour, twenty two minutes. The run time had originally showed ninety minutes. Apparently, about eight minutes were edited out at some point. It's an interesting story. Kind of a lesson in how far should one go in watching everyday expenses.

twolively

GREED,GREED,GREED

Very good storyline about what greed does to us. Maybe more of todays generation needs to see this movie. The cantankerous Hanna was well played. Lewis Stone was a very good actor. I remember him as Andy Hardy's father.

8hollywood1939

very interesting plotline, sometimes predictable

story has interesting twists of romantic history of main character. The image of tightwad is dispelled as she is deep down caring and sharing except with herself and her son. The ending is predictable yet unfolds with a turn to make it enjoyable.

10fweinberg

Heartwarming with excellent acting.

I saw this movie over 40 years ago and could never remember the title. I was fascinated by Ms Robson's acting. I finally went to Turner Classic Movies and wrote a short summary of what I remembered. Needless to say they were showing the movie the following week. I had several friends watch it with me. We all loved it. My cousin, who was in pain with Cancer, watched and forgot her terrible pain for the whole movie. That is the magnitude this film had. My other friends that watched the film, either hated black and white films or hated old movies before the 1960's. They both sat still and watched the entire film, without taking a restroom break.

7boblipton

Roman A Clef

This is a biography of Hetty Green, the Witch of Wall Street, a woman who went head to head with the other robber barons of the Gilded Age and who usually came out ahead. They had to change the name for fear of lawsuit by her heirs. It was the common, if apocryphal story of how she made her son go to a free clinic, rather than pay a doctor that sent the lawyers at the studio screaming for a cover name for the character.

In truth, Mrs. Green was a monstrously greedy character who, if she did not sell tainted pork to the Union Army, as did her fellow Robber Baron, Armour, did go to free clinics herself, rather than pay for medical treatment. She also forged her aunt's will and tried to bribe the judge in the case, but those are mere trifles in her story.

Almost inevitably, the writers soften her character, making her more sinned against than sinner in love, and the anonymous benefactress of scrubwomen and so forth. Doubtless people would have refused to see the real story, because there was no real story beyond a woman living a tough life, going head-to-head in the man's world of Wall Street and doing it well. Enough of a story for me, perhaps, but not enough to sell the studios.

The performances are sterling, and May Robson is having a lot of fun playing an out-and-out villainess, much as Edward Arnold would the next year, playing Jim Fisk, the man who precipitated the Panic of 1869. That's softened too. Still, actors love playing villain. They have fun, and the audience does, too. So have some fun and see this one.

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According to a contemporary article in the Motion Picture Herald, May Robson's character is based on Hetty Green (1834-1916), known as "The Witch of Wall Street," because of her financial acuity and frugality. During her career she was the richest woman in the United States, and was also known as "The Queen of Wall Street." She also had a daughter, but just her son was portrayed in this film.

Hetty Green was born in 1834 in New Bedford, Massachusetts to the richest whaling family in the city with a Quaker upbringing. She learned business basics at the knee of her father and grandfather. At 13, she became the family's bookkeeper and later helped manage her family's business. She was "the richest woman in America" during the Gilded Age."

She was an early proponent of empowered women, believing "It is the duty of every woman to learn to take care of her own business affairs," and "A girl should be brought up as to be able to make her own living..." "Whether rich or poor, a young woman should know how a bank account works, understand the composition of mortgages and bonds, and know the value of interest and how it accumulates." She predicted the Panic of 1907, was a well-established financier and "was the only woman invited to the critical meeting with J.P. Morgan and the leading banking executives at the height of the crisis."

Despite Hetty Green's exceptional investment instincts, discreet generosity, and admirable character, most media reports from the era (and soon thereafter) characterized her thrift as evidence of miserliness. The Guinness Book of World Records named her the "greatest miser." Stories that were often cited include her refusal to buy expensive clothes, pay for hot water, instructing her laundress to wash only the dirtiest parts of her dresses (the hems) to save money on soap, and her habit of wearing a single dress that was only replaced when it was worn out. Yet many of these habits were considered abnormal mainly because the Gilded Age was a time of celebrating excess rather than hiding it. When Hetty Green's life is evaluated in its entirety and in the context of the time period, it is clear that media criticism grossly misrepresented her true character.