The Anniversary

1968
Approved
1h 35m

IMDb RATING

6.9/10

2.9K

YOUR RATING

Three sons who work in the family construction business help their overbearing mother celebrate her anniversary to her late husband.

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Three sons who work in the family construction business help their overbearing mother celebrate her anniversary to her late husband.Three sons who work in the family construction business help their overbearing mother celebrate her anniversary to her late husband.Three sons who work in the family construction business help their overbearing mother celebrate her anniversary to her late husband.

Directors
- Roy Ward Baker
- Alvin Rakoff
Writers
- Jimmy Sangster
- Bill MacIlwraith
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.9/10

2.9K

YOUR RATING

Directors
- Roy Ward Baker
- Alvin Rakoff
Writers
- Jimmy Sangster
- Bill MacIlwraith
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
After The Nanny (1965), Jimmy Sangster's wife Monica said she would leave the country if he ever worked with Bette Davis again. She duly left for their home in the south of France on the day Davis arrived for this shoot and remained there for the duration.

Quotes
Mrs. Taggart: [Suddenly turning to face Shirley] Shirley my dear, would you mind sitting somewhere else? Body odor offends me.
Shirley Blair: [Looking completely outraged] I DON'T HAVE BODY ODOR!

Crazy credits
The last shot of Davis freezes and is surrounded by a heart made of flowers with the caption "Happy Anniversary!".

Connections
Featured in The World of Hammer: Wicked Women (1994)

Soundtracks
The Anniversary Song
(Waves of the Danube)
Lyrics by Al Jolson and Saul Chaplin
Music by Iosif Ivanovici
Adapted by Saul Chaplin
Performed by The New Vaudeville Band

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Momma Cyclops is Off & Running

Today this movie would never be made, simply cause there is no star that can handle it. Its a shame, really. Its not that the movie is so magnificent or anything, its just so dominated by the leading lady that you can't imagine how it would be done today, if at all, and with who? Faye Dunaway? She's still living down "Mommie Dearest", twenty years later. Anne Bancroft? She's not hateful and lovable at the same time and not an icon. Davis could play a monster yet keep her fans and probably gain more as a result of playful movies like this.

All the real stars are gone, and watching this makes that painfully obvious.

Bette Davis devours the rest of the cast, and doesn't even bother spitting them out. And all we can do it watch and enjoy. No true fan of hers can do without this.