RACHAEL FIELD NOVEL.

Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 100, 24 October 1940, Page 18

RACHAEL FIELD NOVEL.

In "All This and Heaven Too"—longawaited screen version of Rachael Field's widely read novel—Bette Davis and Charles Boyer are co-starred for the first time in their successful careers. Brought to the screen by Warner Bros., who bought the screen rights for Miss Field's novel while it was still in galley form, "All This And Heaven Too" retains all the dramatic essence of the novel and brings it to life on the screen. It is the story of a demure little French governess— seemingly destined for spinsterhood— whose very existence was threatened by a Parisian murder scandal, involving one of France's greatest noblemen. But she survives the ordeal to find peace, security, and happiness in America. It is a bittersweet romance that captures within it nearly all the varying emotions evoked by love in its many phases, just as it is experienced by men and women everywhere. With Bette Davis as the governess, and Charles Boyer as the Due de Praslin, the film has been hailed by critics who have previewed it as one of the most brilliantly acted motion pictures of the decade. Rachael Field wrote after seeing the film:—"l feel that in all the essentials the screen version is not only the book as I wrote it, but a projection of the characters themselves, heightened by the art of Miss Davis and Mr. Boyer and an extraordinarily fine supporting cast."