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Dark Victory
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6.9Socialite Judith Traherne lives a lavish but emotionally empty life. Riding horses is one of her few joys, and her stable master is secretly in love with her. Told she has a brain tumor by her doctor, Frederick Steele, Judith becomes distraught. After she decides to have surgery to remove the tumor, Judith realizes she is in love with Dr. Steele, but more troubling medical news may sabotage her new relationship, and her second chance at life.
Cast
- Bette Davis as Judith Traherne
- George Brent as Dr. Frederick Steele
- Humphrey Bogart as Michael O'Leary
- Geraldine Fitzgerald as Ann King
- Ronald Reagan as Alec
- Henry Travers as Dr. Parsons
Themes
- horseback riding
- brain tumor
- female friendship
- based on play or musical
- long island, new york
- socialite
- doctor patient relationship
- blindness
- brain surgery
- depressing
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Ratings
IMDb
7.4/10
12,737 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
83%
- Year
- 1939
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Rated
- Approved
- Awards
- Nominated for 3 Oscars. 2 wins & 4 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Edmund Goulding
- Written by
- Casey Robinson
- Based on
- Dark Victory , 1934 play, by George Emerson Brewer Jr., Bertram Bloch
- Produced by
- David Lewis
- Starring
- Bette Davis , George Brent , Geraldine Fitzgerald , Humphrey Bogart , Henry Travers , Ronald Reagan , Cora Witherspoon
- Cinematography
- Ernest Haller
- Edited by
- William Holmes
- Music by
- Max Steiner
- Production company
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Release date
- April 22, 1939 ( 1939-04-22 ) (U.S.)
- Running time
- 104 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $1 million (est) or $318,000
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Encyclopedic overview
Dark Victory is a 1939 American melodrama film directed by Edmund Goulding, starring Bette Davis, and featuring George Brent, Humphrey Bogart, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Ronald Reagan, Henry Travers, and Cora Witherspoon. The screenplay by Casey Robinson was based on the 1934 play of the same title by George Brewer and Bertram Bloch, starring Tallulah Bankhead.
Plot
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dark Victory” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.