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Now, Voyager
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Now, Voyager is a 1942 American black-and-white drama and romance film directed by Irving Rapper. The cast includes Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, and Gladys Cooper. Casey Robinson served as the screenwriter, while Hal B. Wallis produced the film. Max Steiner composed the music, Sol Polito was the director of photography, and Warren Low handled editing. Robert M. Haas was the production designer, and Orry-Kelly designed the costumes. The narrative is set in Rio de Janeiro, and the film is in the English language.
The movie has a runtime of 117 minutes. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Entertainment and Netflix. The production had a budget of 877000 and generated revenue of 4177000. The film received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. It holds a rating of 7.8 on IMDb based on 20824 votes and a vote average of 7.426 on TMDb from 229 votes.
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7.4A woman suffers a nervous breakdown and from an oppressive mother before being freed by the love of a man she meets on a cruise.
Cast
- Bette Davis as Charlotte Vale
- Paul Henreid as Jeremiah 'Jerry' Duvaux Durrance
- Claude Rains as Dr. Jaquith
- Gladys Cooper as Mrs. Henry Vale
- Bonita Granville as June Vale
- John Loder as Elliot Livingston
Themes
- transformation
- cruise
- buenos aires, argentina
- love
- black and white
- psychiatrist
- nervous breakdown
- insecurity
- psychiatry
- spinster
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Irving Rapper
- Screenplay by
- Casey Robinson
- Based on
- Now, Voyager , Olive Higgins Prouty
- Produced by
- Hal B. Wallis
- Starring
- Bette Davis , Paul Henreid , Claude Rains , Gladys Cooper
- Cinematography
- Sol Polito
- Edited by
- Warren Low
- Music by
- Max Steiner
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Release dates
- October 22, 1942 ( 1942-10-22 ) (New York City) October 31, 1942 ( 1942-10-31 ) (USA)
- Running time
- 117 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $877,000
- Box office
- $4,177,000 ($77.7 million in 2025 dollars)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Part of
- National Film Registry
- Genre
- romance film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Irving Rapper
- Screenwriter
- Casey Robinson
- Cast member
- Reed Hadley
- Composer
- Max Steiner
- Producer
- Hal B. Wallis
- Cinematographer
- Sol Polito
- Narrative location
- Rio de Janeiro
- Duration
- 117
- FilmAffinity ID
- 558970
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Bette Davis in Now Voyager trailer 1.jpg
Show 12 more facts
- publication date
- 1942-01-01
- Commons category
- Now, Voyager
- film editor
- Warren Low
- Commons gallery
- Now, Voyager
- title
- Now, Voyager
- color
- black-and-white
- production designer
- Robert M. Haas
- distributed by
- Netflix
- costume designer
- Orry-Kelly
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- set in environment
- ship
- review score
- 91%
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Encyclopedic overview
Now, Voyager is a 1942 American drama film starring Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, and Claude Rains, and directed by Irving Rapper. The screenplay by Casey Robinson is based on the 1941 novel of the same name by Olive Higgins Prouty. Prouty borrowed her title from the Walt Whitman poem "The Untold Want," which reads in its entirety,
The untold want by life and land ne'er granted,
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