Stevecorp Don't listen to the negative reviews

Anoushka Slater While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

Taha Avalos The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

Sarita Rafferty There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

jjnxn-1 Follow-up to Four Daughters is okay but pushes the mawkish sentimentality pretty hard. Most of the cast perform well. Frank McHugh is most appealing as Lola's flummoxed husband and Priscilla Lane is good in her bruised sadness unable to move on or get over her guilt after her sudden loss in the original. Claude Rains and May Robson add their special brand of enjoyment but really are wasted in small supporting parts. The one actor who is terrible and throws the whole enterprise off is Jeffrey Lynn, supposedly an ideal man he is attractive but a dull, bland presence and the constant comparison to the magnetic John Garfield who is superimposed throughout only makes him worse. Plus he must be the most unconvincing orchestra conductor ever! Curtiz gets the job done direction wise but he must have recognized the mediocre quality of the script and just moves the story from point A to point Z with none of the flourish he could infuse into a superior project like The Adventures of Robin Hood.

MartinHafer Following "Four Daughters" (1938), Warner Brothers had almost all of the same cast return for a film that wasn't really a sequel--but it was so similar to the first film in so many ways that the audiences must have been thoroughly confused. John Garfield's character had died at the end of "Four Daughters" but suddenly he was alive and the sweet father (Claude Rains) was a jerk who'd abandoned his family two decades previous! Finally with "Four Wives" is there a true sequel. It picks up right after the first film--with Garfield's character STILL dead and his widow (Priscilla Lane) beginning to date her old boyfriend again--not knowing that she is pregnant with his child! It also finds one of the sisters (Gale Page) learning she cannot have children--putting a strain on her new marriage. Another sister (Lola Lane) is also married--leaving only one (Rosemary Lane) to try to trap, I mean 'find' a husband for herself--and the prospective groom is Eddie Albert.The main theme of the film is Priscilla's depression following her hubby's death. Eventually, she snaps out of it (of sorts) and finally marries Felix (Jeffrey Lynn)--but memories of the dead man keep intruding on their happiness. So once again, Priscilla appears to be the main focus of the sisters--probably since at the time she was the most popular of the three real-life sisters.This film is (finally) a worthy follow-up to the first film--and perhaps a bit better film (it's a lot sweeter and more sentimental). Priscilla's character is STILL a bit annoying and the rest of the folks are back just as they were in the first movie--a rather pleasant bunch who you wish could be your family! While there were no huge happenings, the film is sweet and worth seeing. Very nice but nothing earth-shattering.By the way, you may notice John Garfield in the credits--an odd thing since he died in the previous film! This is not 'zombie' John Garfield but he is shown in a somewhat creepy flashback sort of scene as Priscilla is pining for him. It's only a tiny cameo and nothing more. Also one other odd thing about the film is the scene where Gale Page has apparently arranged to adopt a baby without telling her husband. Even back in the good 'ol days, I find it hard to imagine any agency approving an adoption without the prospective father knowing!!! Only in Hollywood!And, if you care, the disease Eddie Albert's character is always talking about (Pneumoconiosis) is a real disease and comes from inhalation of coal dust or asbestos. It includes 'black lung' and several other related illnesses.

jotix100 Not having seen the first part of the series, this film came as a surprise on a cable channel. Michael Curtiz directs with his usual flair and the Epsteins, Julius and Philip, wrote the screen play, which is based on a novel by Fanny Hurst.We are taken to the Lemp household. It's a happy home of some extraordinary musicians and educators, led by the patriarch Adam Lemp, who has the good fortune of having Aunt Etta overseeing everything. At the beginning, we see the four Lemp sisters as they go to accompany Emma to the doctor. It's expected she is pregnant, but no, the big surprise is that Ann is, but the problem is that Mickey Borden, the father, has died recently. Ann has been seeing Felix, a kind man who, as a conductor, was associated to Burden. What to do?Well, the comedy is a delight. We see all the four Lemp sisters supporting one another in their difficult times. Emma can't conceive and they all rally to her side. Thea and Ben decide to adopt. Kay falls in love with the young Dr. Forrest and finally Ann has the baby prematurely. By the magic of the movies, we get to see the little angel who, surprise, surprise, appears to have conquered the problems she had at birth thanks to the transfusion of Felix's blood and in a matter of days looks as though she was carried full term!But, never mind, this comedy will charm anyone because the amazing performances Mr. Curtiz got out of the cast. Best of all, Priscilla Lane, who is absolutely marvelous in the film. Rosemary Lane is perfect as Kay, the girl in love with the doctor. Lola Lane, as Thea is good and Gale Page is the fourth Lemp sister, Emma. Claude Rains doesn't have much to do. Eddie Albert as the young doctor is fine, but best of all is Jeffrey Lynn, who as Felix makes it clear he is the man for Ann. May Robson also is fun as Aunt Etta. Frank McHugh and Dick Foran complete the quartet of husbands. John Garfield is seen briefly in a dream-like sequence."Four Wives" will warm anyone's heart.

Randy_D On the strength of an outstanding performance by Priscilla Lane, Four Wives succeeds as a sequel to the popular Four Daughters.Priscilla Lane gives a performance that any of the more acclaimed actresses of her time would be hard-pressed to match. She does an outstanding job of portraying a woman whose life has been completely turned upside down. How she reconciles the past, which keeps intruding on the present, will determine how well she handles the future.There is an examination of certain issues in this movie, grief, guilt, depression, and loyalty, for example, that goes a bit deeper than one might expect at first glance. At the core of Four Wives, however, is the stunningly beautiful Priscilla Lane, whose beauty is at least the equal to any of Hollywood's actresses of that era, or any era.As for the rest of the cast, Jeffrey Lynn does a nice job opposite Miss Lane, and Eddie Albert and Claude Rains both do a fine job in support. And, lest I forget, Priscilla's real life sisters Rosemary and Lola, and the "fourth" Lane sister Gale Page.After the next sequel, Four Mothers, it's too bad they didn't make one more movie to finish the series. Four Sisters has a nice ring to it, doesn't it?