Rating: NR
Genre:
Drama
Theatrical Release: 10/16/1987(USA)
Release Date: 10/07/2003
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD1
Run Time: 91 Minutes
Flags: Questionable for Children, Adult Language
Distributor/Studio: MGM
A once-in-a-lifetime cast of veterans performs
David Berry's play about
Libby Strong (
Bette Davis) and
Sarah Webber (
Lillian Gish), widowed sisters vacationing on a Philadelphia island for their 60th consecutive summer.
Libby is blind and embittered, while
Sarah is healthy, supportive, and almost annoyingly chipper. Their neighbor
Tisha (
Ann Sothern) tries to convince
Sarah to put
Libby in the care of her daughter, but
Sarah hasn't forgotten
Libby's moral support when her own husband died, and she won't entertain such notions -- until she is swept off her feet by an aging roué (
Vincent Price). When
Libby spitefully sabotages this romance, an infuriated
Sarah decides that gratitude has its limits. But when it actually comes down to selling their summer house and sending
Libby packing,
Sarah can't do it. In the film's flashback sequences,
Libby is played by
Margaret Ladd,
Sarah by
Mary Steenburgen, and
Tisha by
Ann Sothern's real-life daughter
Tisha Sterling. Another film personality of long standing,
Harry Carey Jr., is well cast as the sisters' handyman.
~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
;)
