Dark Victory
Summary:
Bette Davis earned an Oscar nomination for her role in this classic four-hanky tearjerker. Judith Traherne (Bette Davis) is a very wealthy Long Island heiress whose life is a constant whirl of cocktails, parties, and wild living. Despite her hedonistic lifestyle, Judith derives little pleasure from life except for her horses, cared for by stable master Michael O'Leary (Humphrey B... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Bette Davis - (Judith Traherne)
George Brent - (Dr. Frederick Steele)
Humphrey Bogart - (Michael O'Leary)
Geraldine Fitzgerald - (Ann King)
Ronald Reagan - (Alec Hamin)
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Review:
Adapted by Casey Robinson from a short-lived Broadway play starring Tallulah Bankhead, Dark Victory (1939) is one of Bette Davis's most affecting melodramas. Davis's superb performance taps a range of emotions, as her Judith Traherne transforms from a flippant playgirl into a spiritually redeemed terminal cancer patient, complete wit... Continue >>
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