ever since i can remember and i be only 18 my mother and i have be and continue to watch old movie because well i find them much more rewarding in the long run ( but hey do not get me wrong i do love the movie we have today just not as much a i love movie of the 40 and 50 ) anyways and now i have to say the moment i start watch the movie my eye be glue to the tv . of course my favorite character be the grandmother play by lucile watson . but i love the way betty davis and her family be portray . the child . do not act like child in the slightest . but there be good reason for that and have have to hide and run most of your life and see the awful thing child saw those day destroy their innocence . so people say oooo i hat how the kid act . blah blah blah read between the line and know they saw thing child should not see . paul lukas . dear paul do an amazing job . now i know many people be mad that he go the oscar and bogie do not but hey they both do amazing job so i think it could have go either way . but lukas performance be so amazing that by the end of the movie i be reduce to tear . i love this movie so much and recommend it to anyone . represent d .