The Old Maid
1939 · Movie · 1h 35m · NR
Drama
"Vividly, unforgettably, a woman's love starved soul is revealed. All those strange secrets she locks in her heart ... moments of rapture and of heartbreak ... longings that no man can fathom. Of these has the year's finest picture been woven!"
Overview
The lives of two cousins are complicated by the return of an ex-boyfriend and an illegitimate child.
Ratings
IMDb
7.4/10
Key crew
- Casey RobinsonScreenplay
- Edmund GouldingDirector
- Max SteinerOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Bette DavisCharlotte Lovell
- Miriam HopkinsDelia Lovell Ralston
- George BrentClem Spender
- Donald CrispDoctor Lanskell
- Jane BryanClementina
- Louise FazendaDora
- James StephensonJim Ralston
- Jerome CowanJoe Ralston
- William LundiganLanning Halsey
- Cecilia LoftusGrandmother Lovell
- Rand BrooksJim
- Janet ShawDee
Stills
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Themes
philadelphia, pennsylvaniabased on novel or bookbrotherorphanageromantic rivalryamerican civil warillegitimate child19th centuryold maid