A Stolen Life (Warner Bros.) (1946)

4-DAY STORY-IN-PICTURES .. . (FIRST DAY) “A Stolen Life” gives versatile Bette Davis an opportunity to play a double rote for the first time. Her artistry is turned to the characterization of twin sisters: Pat, who is trouble, and Kate, who is true. As Kate she is a warm-hearted artist deeply in love with a handsome young engineer, played by Glenn Ford. The setting of their romance is a bleak but beautiful windswept island off the coast of Massachusetts. As Pat she is glamorous and worldly with a way with men that sweeps Kate’s romance to disaster. Supporting the star in “A Stolen Life” are Glenn Ford, Dane Clark, Charles Ruggles and Walter Brennan. Two of the Warner Bros.’ studio’s newest starlets, Peggy Knudson and Joan Winfield, also have important roles in the film drama. Curtis Bernhardt directed the picture. ~ (SECOND DAY) Kate Bosworth (Bette Davis), @ young artist, meets Bill Emerson (Glenn Ford) while visiting her cousin on an island off the coast of Massachusetts. Bill is a handsome young engineer who works for the government as a lighthouse inspector. He intrigues her and in order to see more of him Kate arranges to have Eben Folger (Walter Brennan), a salty old lighthouse keeper, pose for her. Kate sails to the lighthouse island each day, and between sittings spends much time with Bill. They seem to have a lot in common, and as the days go by find themselves becoming more and more fond of each other. Kate looks forward hopefully to marrying young Bill. Now go on with the story, (THIRD DAY) Kate Bosworth (Bette Davis), a young artist, makes the acquaintance of Bill Emerson (Glenn Ford), while visiting her cousin on an island off Massachusetts. Bill, a handsome young engineer employed as a lighthouse inspector, intrigues Kate, and in order to see more of him arranges to have Eben Folger (Walter Brennan), an old lighthouse keeper pose for her. Kate returns to her cousin Freddie’s (Charles Ruggles) house one night to find that her twin sister, Pat (Bette Davis) has arrived to look over the males on the Cape. The next day Pat is taken by Bill for Kate. She lets him persist in his error and Kate comes home to find them in a clinch. Kate leaves brokenhearted. Pat has taken over. Now go on with the story. e. 10 On a visit to her cousin living on an island off Massachusetts, Kate Bosworth (Bette Davis) misses the regular ferry and gets a ferry lift from handsome Bill Emerson (Glenn Ford), an engineer who works as a lighthouse inspector. Kate determines to see more of Bill. Kate resents her intrusion. One evening Kate and Bill make a luncheon date for the following day on the mainland. Kate, very happy, romps home to her cousin Freddie’s (Charlie Ruggles) house to find that her twin sister, Pat (Bette Davis) has ‘arrived to look over the males on the Cape. All four on one mat. Order “‘Story-inPictures Mat 642-501X” from Warners’ Campaign Editor, 321 West 44th Street, New York 18, N.Y. Each day she sails to the lighthouse island and spends several hours on the portrait. Between sittings, she sees much of Bill and finds they have a lot in common. Bill leads a leisurely life, and is content amid the solitude and beauty of the seashore. As the days go by, they find themselves falling in love. (Continued tomorrow) To accomplish her purpose Kate, an artist with aspirations, asks the lighthouse keeper, Eben Folger (Walter Brennan) to pose for her. He’s sour on women and refuses at first, but Kate bribes him with a ship model that he’d been wanting for some time. To make amends for his error, Bill invites Kate to a barn dance the following evening. At the dance, Pat—more adept in handling men than her sister—monopolizes Bill’s attention. Kate, intuitively feels that she is losing Bill, and she leaves, brokenhearted, with Freddie. (Continued tomorrow) The next day Pat, walking along the wharf, is taken by Bill for Kate. Pat lets him persist in his error and takes him home for lunch and a drink. Kate, who has been searching the waterfront for Bill, returns disappointed to the house, where she finds Pat and Bill in a clinch. Pat and Bill are married shortly thereafter and Kate decides to lose herself in work. At an exhibition of her paintings, she meets a rough but talented character named Karnok (Dane Clark). Although he insults her, Kate invites him to use her studios for his own art work. He moves in and makes himself right at home. One day Kate runs into Bill at a department store. Her heart jumps at the sight of him. She discovers that Pat has forced Bill to give up his lighthouse job for one less to his taste but paying more money. Bill indicates that all is not going well between them. Thanks to Karnok’s taunts, Kate gives up her painting as a bad job, and returns to Freddie’s house. There she finds Pat, who has sent Bill off to Chile in search of greener fields. The next day, while out sailing, the sisters are caught in a sudden storm and Pat is washed overboard. (Continued tomorrow)