Coming up on Saturday at the Described Movies: All this, and Heaven too, and A Matter of Life and Death.

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From this Saturday at 12am Eastern, that’s 4pm Saturday in NZ, 2pm in Sydney and 5am in the UK, and repeated every four hours throughout the day, it’s the described movies All this and Heaven too from 1940, and A Matter of Life and Death from 1946.
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.
The film stars Bette Davis and Charles Boyer with Barbara O'Neil, Jeffrey Lynn, Virginia Weidler, Helen Westley, Walter Hampden, Henry Daniell, Harry Davenport, George Coulouris, Montagu Love, Janet Beecher, and June Lockhart.
Field's novel is based on the true story of her great-aunt Henriette Deluzy-Desportes, a French governess who fell in love with the Duc de Praslin, her employer.
When Praslin's Wife was murdered, Deluzy-Desportes was implicated.
The scandal contributed to the political turmoil before the French Revolution of 1848 that deposed King Louis Philippe I.
Directed by: Anatole Litvak.
Screenplay by: Casey Robinson.
Based on All This, and Heaven Too (1938 novel) by Rachel Field.
Produced by: David Lewis., and Hal B. Wallis.
Starring: Bette Davis, Charles Boyer, and Barbara O'Neil.
Cinematography: Ernie Haller.
Edited by: Warren Low.
Music by: Max Steiner.
Distributed by: Warner Bros.
Release date: 4 July 1940.
File Length: 140 minutes.
Country: United States.
Language: English.
A Matter of Life and Death is a 1946 British fantasy- romance film set in England during World War II.
Written, produced and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, the film stars David Niven, Roger Livesey, Raymond Massey, Kim Hunter and Marius Goring.
The film was originally released in the United States under the title Stairway to Heaven, which derived from the film's most prominent special effect: a broad escalator linking Earth to the afterlife.
In 1999, A Matter of Life and Death placed 20th on the British Film Institute's list of Best 100 British films.
It ranked 90th in The Sight and Sound Greatest Films of All Time 2012 poll, regarded by some as the most authoritative in the world, and 78th in 2022.
Directed by: Michael Powell, and Emeric Pressburger.
Written by: Michael Powell, and Emeric Pressburger.
Produced by: Michael Powell, and Emeric Pressburger.
Starring: David Niven, Roger Livesey, Raymond Massey, Kim Hunter, and Marius Goring.
Narrated by: John Longden.
Cinematography: Jack Cardiff.
Edited by: Reginald Mills.
Music by: Allan Gray.
Production Companies: The Archers, and J. Arthur Rank.
Distributed by: Eagle-Lion Films (UK).
Release dates: 1 November 1946 (UK premiere), and 15 December 1946 (UK general).
File Length: 99 minutes.
Country: United Kingdom.
Language: English.
Budget: £320,000 (est.) or £650,000 or £257,000.
Box office: $1,750,000 (US).
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