La famille Stoddard

Original title: Adam Had Four Sons

1941
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1h 21m

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Ingrid Bergman, Susan Hayward, Warner Baxter, Richard Denning, Johnny Downs, Robert Shaw, and Charles Lind in La famille Stoddard (1941)

A governess becomes the center of a wealthy family after her employer's wife dies.A governess becomes the center of a wealthy family after her employer's wife dies.A governess becomes the center of a wealthy family after her employer's wife dies.

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9/10

Better then i thought it would be

I only watched this film because Ingrid Bergman was in it. And because I Knew that Bergman wasn't fond of it, and that general opinion was so so, I expected it to not be up to much but I ended up being pleasantly surprised by how good a film it is. The performances are all good especially Bergman (of Course), Baxter and Heyward and the film cruises along at quick pace with no scenes dragging. If I have a problem with the film it's that it's a bit short at an 80 mins but apparently it was originally 108 mins, if this is true then it's shocking that over 25 mins were cut out. I'd like to know if it's possible to put the footage back in or if it has been destroyed. If it isn't destroyed then in the video age it should be released on video in it's original length. 9/10

desol-2
Oct 14, 2000
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About this film, Ingrid Bergman said "It wasn't a very good picture. But as long as a part makes sense, and the character is a human being, I will try because I can't do artificial people on the screen. Nothing done with such a character can make it real to audiences." With Ratoff's permission, Bergman introduced changes to her character that turned Emilie from a cardboard saint to a humanized woman, such as adding the scenes in which she did gymnastics and played basketball with the boys. Bergman would humanize her Sister Benedict in The Bells of St. Mary's (1945) with some similar athletic character development.

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Emilie returns to the U.S.A from France on a British cruise ship during WWI. Due to the danger posed by German U-boats, especially after the sinking of the Lusitania, cruise ships passages in the Atlantic were ceased until the war's end.