You Can't Buy Everything

1934
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1h 22m

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

Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueHannah 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... Tout lireHannah 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... Tout lireHannah 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 ... Tout lire

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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.

7HotToastyRag

Strong May Robson performance

May Robson stars as an ambitious, vengeful woman in You Can't Buy Everything. She's a widow and a single mother, and she scrimps and saves every penny so her son can be a wealthy gentleman when he grows up. Deep inside, she has a terrible heartache from before she was married. Lewis Stone broke their engagement and left her hurt and humiliated, so whenever their paths cross, she does everything she can to avoid him. "I hoped I'd live the rest of my life without having to speak to you again," she hisses after pulling all her money out of the bank of which he's just been made president.

May's son grows up, and of course, he falls in love with the one woman that his mother wouldn't approve of: Lew's daughter. Such a classic move; children find their parents' Achille's Heel and make sure to wound them. This movie is really May's show, so if you're a fan of hers, you'll probably like it, and vice versa. I've only seen her in a couple of movies, like Lady for a Day, but I was really impressed with her in this one. She's very convincing of a mother who loves her son above all else. As a bonus, if you rent this one: keep your eyes open and you'll catch a glimpse of a very young, pre-discovered Walter Brennan as a train conductor.

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.

7planktonrules

Based, somewhat, on a real lady!

May Robson plays Hannah Bell--the cheapest and nastiest woman in Manhattan. The film begins with her taking her son to a charity ward--and you soon learn she is one of the richest women in Manhattan and is just too cheap to get the boy better treatment! You also see that she's not just cheap but amazingly bitter and just plain nasty. Much of the film consists of watching this horrible lady treat those around her with contempt. Why she is so bitter and how her ex-fiancé relates to this is an interesting thing you learn late in the film. You also see how tough it is to be the son of this wretched woman, as her son (now grown) is miserable because of her nasty ways. All in all, a fascinating portrait--especially because it's based on a real woman--the infamous Hetty Green. Green did several of the things you see Robson do in the film (such as seeking her boy treatment at a clinic for indigent patients) and was, by all accounts, a horrible old miser. But, being a Hollywood film, the film also tacks on a redemption and happy ending--something that did NOT happen to Green. All in all, a fascinating film and a dandy acting job for Robson who is in top form playing a cranky old prune. Worth seeing.

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.

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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.