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All This, and Heaven Too is a 1940 American drama film released by Warner Bros. - First National Pictures, produced and directed by Anatole Litvak with Hal B. Wallis as executive producer. The screenplay was adapted by Casey Robinson from the 1938 novel by Rachel Field. The music was by Max Steiner and the cinematography by Ernie Haller.
- All This, and Heaven Too (1938 novel), by Rachel Field
All This, and Heaven Too: Directed by Anatole Litvak. With Bette Davis, Charles Boyer, Jeffrey Lynn, Barbara O'Neil. A duchess' irrational behavior toward her children's governess triggers tragic events that will change her family's lives forever.
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- Anatole Litvak
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- Drama, Romance
Rachel Field's novel, All This and Heaven Too, was based on the true story of Field's great-aunt, Henriette Deluzy Desportes, a French governess who fell in love with the Duc de Praslin, her employer. When Praslin's wife, the Duchesse, was murdered, Henriette was implicated.
- Anatole Litvak, Irving Rapper, Sherry Shourds
- Bette Davis
Kindle $0.99. Rate this book. All This, and Heaven Too. Rachel Field, Mary Balogh (Foreword) 4.12. 458 ratings69 reviews. This number-one bestselling novel is based on the true story of one of the most notorious murder cases in French history.
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Summaries. A duchess' irrational behavior toward her children's governess triggers tragic events that will change her family's lives forever. When lovely, virtuous governess Henriette Deluzy comes to educate the children of the debonair Duc de Praslin, a royal subject to King Louis-Philippe and the husband of the volatile, obsessive Duchesse de ...
Oct 8, 2021 · A historical novel based on the true story of Henriette Deluzy-Desportes, a governess who was falsely accused of killing her employer and his wife in 1847. The novel depicts her life in France and America, her passion for truth and justice, and her love for Henry Field, a minister and her great-nephew.
As the duchess's behavior toward Henriette grows more and more irrational, it puts into play tragic events that will change all their lives forever. Director Anatole Litvak
