![]() ![]() ![]() Ford had just gotten out of the marines after serving in World War II, and was under contract to Columbia. Quirk, the star worked with Turney on the screenplay, putting in some of her own ideas, and giving the character of Kate some of her own characteristics and reactions.ĭavis turned down Dennis Morgan for the role of Bill in A Stolen Life, and agreed to cast Robert Alda, but Glenn Ford ended up replacing him. According to Davis biographer Lawrence J. She had liked the Barbara Stanwyck film, My Reputation (1946), and asked for the director of that film, Curtis Bernhardt and the writer, Catherine Turney, for A Stolen Life. It was an inducement the studio offered stars as a tax dodge, but Davis, unlike such stars as Errol Flynn, took it seriously and insisted on getting involved in such decisions as casting and choosing a director and writer. in late 1944, part of the deal was that she would produce five films, starting with A Stolen Life, in which she would star. ![]() When Davis signed a new contract with Warner Bros. But when fate gives Kate another chance with the man she loves, she is caught up in a web of deceit. Although she is broken-hearted, Kate steps aside. But when he meets her flamboyant, seductive identical twin sister Pat, he is dazzled. She meets an equally sensitive man, played by Glenn Ford, and is instantly attracted to him. Davis plays Kate, a gentle and introspective aspiring artist. The film was based on a novel which had been the basis for a 1939 British film starring Elisabeth Bergner. "Bette Davis Is Doubly Wonderful in Her Double Role!" read the ads for A Stolen Life (1946), and Davis' performance as twin sisters was certainly a tour de force. She does not have to do this, however, because Bill, who has followed her to the island finally realizes that she is Kate and that he loves her. There, she starts to confess her deception to Freddie, who has already guessed the truth and suggests that Kate tell Bill her real identity. When Kate learns that Pat had many affairs, she is unable to face Bill and leaves for the island. Even after Bill returns from Chile, Kate maintains the pretense, and when she learns that Bill plans to leave her, she begs him for another chance to make the marriage work.īill insists that Kate, whom he believes to be Pat, end her affair with Jack Talbot who divorced his wife for Pat. Kate is rescued and the ring convinces everyone that she is Pat. Kate tries to rescue her drowning sister, but Pat's hands slip away leaving behind her wedding ring. The twins go sailing and, during a storm, their boat crashes on a reef. When Kate arrives on the island, she finds that Pat is also there, escaping from her bad marriage to Bill. Kate realizes that she is is still in love with Bill and decides to return to the island and reflect on her life. Later, Karn, who has been working with Kate, makes a pass at her. One day Bill comes to town to tell Kate that he is taking a new job in Chile. By the time Bill returns to the island, he and Pat are in love and a short time later, they marry.Īfter her return to New York, Kate meets unsuccessful artist Karnock, who attacks her work for being stiff and repressed. Pat's ruse is revealed when Kate arrives, but later, learning that Bill is going to Boston, Pat takes the same train and continues her acquaintance with him. Pat pretends to be her sister and has lunch with Bill, who is totally charmed by her vivacious nature. Kate's twin sister Pat, who is also visiting the island, meets Bill on the dock and he mistakes her for Kate. Soon the two have fallen in love.Īlthough Bill is leaving the vicinity temporarily for a new job, he promises to return. One day, a heavy fog prevents Kate from leaving, and she stays a while to talk to Bill. Determined to see Bill again, Kate talks the reluctant Eben into posing for her by offering him a ship in a bottle that he covets. The launch stops briefly on the island to pick up crotchety Eben Folger, the keeper of the lighthouse on nearby Dragon Head. When painter Kate Bosworth, who is on her way to visit her cousin Freddie, misses the steamer boat traveling to an island off the coast of Massachusetts, she hitches a ride on a launch driven by handsome Bill Emerson. ![]()
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