Search results
- As stories go, it is conventional enough, but in "The Whales of August," as in grand opera, the story is only the occasion for the performances. This film stars Lillian Gish and Bette Davis, and to cast those two actresses as the leads of the same movie is to make their very presences more important than anything else.
www.rogerebert.com › reviews › the-whales-of-august-1987
People also ask
Are Lillian Gish and Bette Davis in 'the whales of August'?
Are Lillian Gish & Bette Davis in the same movie?
Did Gish invent 'the whales of August'?
Are Lillian Gish and Bette Davis dead?
Aug 19, 1987 · Lindsay Anderson's The Whales of August stars silent film legend Lillian Gish, in her 95th year, and Bette Davis, 79, as widowed sisters, one warm and supportive, the other cold and cantankerous, who have been coming to a small cottage on the Maine seacoast for sixty years.
- (5.3K)
- Drama
- Lindsay Anderson
- 1987-08-19
Producer Mike Kaplan has gone the extra distance to find interviews and behind-the-scenes footage shot during filming on location in Maine, conducted new interviews and shared his own vivid memories of making this lovely picture with director Lindsay Anderson and a once-in-a-lifetime cast: Bette Davis, Lillian Gish, Ann Sothern, Vincent Price ...
As stories go, it is conventional enough, but in "The Whales of August," as in grand opera, the story is only the occasion for the performances. This film stars Lillian Gish and Bette Davis, and to cast those two actresses as the leads of the same movie is to make their very presences more important than anything else.
Dec 10, 2012 · Clip from the Oscar-nominated film, The Whales of August, starring Bette Davis and Lillian Gish. Only available from Acorn Media: http://goo.gl/XzQ7Q
- 1 min
- 18.5K
- Acorn UKDVD
Lillian Gish, Bette Davis in Lindsay Anderson’s The Whales of August. Libby is also possessive of her sister, resenting the relationship between Sarah and Mr. Maranov. When Sarah invites the man to dinner, Libby scowls, “I will not eat his fish!”
- Danny Fortune
Watch The Whales of August with a subscription on Prime Video. Two elderly sisters, Libby Strong (Bette Davis) and Sarah Webber (Lillian Gish), travel to their summer house in Maine.
- (11)
- Drama
Oct 17, 2019 · T he two major actresses who play elderly sisters in The Whales of August—the gentle, caring Sarah and the cantankerous, bitter Libby—reflect the real-life personalities of the two stars, Lillian Gish and Bette Davis, respectively.
