Drama · United States of America · 1939 · 1h 35m

The Old Maid

Director

Cast

Bette Davis as Charlotte Lovell Miriam Hopkins as Delia Lovell Ralston George Brent as Clem Spender Donald Crisp as Doctor Lanskell Jane Bryan as Clementina Louise Fazenda as Dora

Crew

Tony Gaudio — Director of Photography George Amy — Editor Max Steiner — Original Music Composer Casey Robinson — Screenplay Edith Wharton — Novel Orry-Kelly — Costume Design

Tagline

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!

Synopsis

The lives of two cousins are complicated by the return of an ex-boyfriend and an illegitimate child.

Trailer

Official Trailer youtube.com

Mood & Themes

philadelphia, pennsylvania based on novel or book brother orphanage romantic rivalry american civil war illegitimate child 19th century old maid

Key Collaborators

Edmund Goulding Director Tony Gaudio Director of Photography George Amy Editor Max Steiner Original Music Composer Casey Robinson Screenplay Edith Wharton Novel Orry-Kelly Costume Design

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