Btexxamar
I like Black Panther, but I didn't like this movie.
Reptileenbu
Did you people see the same film I saw?
Hayleigh Joseph
This is ultimately a movie about the very bad things that can happen when we don't address our unease, when we just try to brush it off, whether that's to fit in or to preserve our self-image.
Edgar Allan Pooh
. . . (that is, censored, cut out, and excised) from the not-so-Good Books on the shelves of U.S. President Putin's For-Profit Charter Brainwashing Shacks, overseen by his Secretary of Miseducation, Pyramid-Scheming Billionairess Betsy "Amway Calling" DeVos. WHICH half, you might wonder? It's all those verses where Jesus says that Chris Christie could pass through the Eye of a Needle easier than a Rich Fat Cat One Per Center Putin Oligarchical Traitor getting through the Pearly Gates, as well as the Parables about Good Mexicans tending to newly-impoverished American 99 Per Centers while Putin's Puppet Rump, Paul Ryan, and Mitch McConnell cross to the other side of the road. With THE CABIN IN THE COTTON, Warner Bros. warns the U.S. South of a Day when their Castrated Version of the Bible and their multi-generational plot to stunt most of their population through deficient nutrition, exercise, and schooling will result in Backwards Masses capable of Rigging Sacred Elections in favor of self-confessed Red Commie KGB-backed Serial Finger Rapist Game Show Hosts. Warner Bros. gave the Confederate Fat Cat Traitors a Choice: Pay Reparations NOW (1932), or face Repercussions LATER (2017). According to the Book of Revelations, it won't be long Today until the Red State Boulevards run shoulder-deep with Oligarchical Arterial Spray. Warner tried to warn of this with its CABIN IN THE COTTON, but this message fell upon cob-webbed wallets.
blanche-2
"Cabin in the Cotton," made in 1932, is famous for a blond, 23-year-old Bette Davis saying, "Ah'd love to kiss ya, but ah just washed mah hairah," a completely meaningless line that she made fun of in the '70s when she was touring with John Springer.She's very pretty here, and plays the haughty daughter of a planter who's after Richard Barthelmess.The film is a serious one, made during the depression, about the plight of sharecroppers who are exploited by planters. It's actually a compelling story. Unfortunately, I have never been a fan of Richard Barthelmess in sound films, so there for me, it falls short.Worth seeing, and if you're a Davis fan, don't miss this.
moonspinner55
It's the Planters vs. the Tenants (but the producers object to taking sides!). Hilariously hoary drama from First National Pictures involves a studious young man, son of Southern cotton-pickers, who graduates from school and takes a job as bookkeeper to a surly land-owner who wants to know who's been stealing his cotton. The boss's firebrand daughter is played by a very young, very blond Bette Davis, easily slipping into Southern Belle mode while pulling some real zingers out of the musty script ("I'd love to kiss ya, but I just washed mah hair...'bye!"). The leading role is played by former silent-screen star Richard Barthelmess, who hasn't adjusted his acting techniques to this improved movie-medium and looks woefully stiff (with a pasty, silent-era make-up job). Dorothy Jordan is the poor girl he loves--she's pretty lively, but this is really Davis' show. ** from ****
gcking
With all the emphasis on Bette Davis in this film, it is easy to overlook the musical interest. I counted four different musical groups, each assigned to a different "class". There was the marching band at the funeral (black used at a poor white event), the jug band (white, at the poor white party), the jazz band (black, at the rich white party), and the blues singer. This is a surprisingly rich array of styles.Interestingly, only the blues singer (Clarence Muse) is credited.
