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The Old Maid

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"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!"

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NR 1939 · 1h 35m
Drama
Starring Bette Davis · Miriam Hopkins · George Brent
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The lives of two cousins are complicated by the return of an ex-boyfriend and an illegitimate child.

Theatrical
Sep 2, 1939
Director
Edmund Goulding
Writer
Casey Robinson
Producers
Hal B. Wallis, Henry Blanke
Music
Max Steiner
Studio
Warner Bros. Pictures
Keywords
philadelphia, pennsylvania based on novel or book romantic rivalry brother orphanage american civil war illegitimate child 19th century old maid
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Cast

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B
Bette Davis
Charlotte Lovell
M
Miriam Hopkins
Delia Lovell Ralston
G
George Brent
Clem Spender
D
Donald Crisp
Doctor Lanskell
J
Jane Bryan
Clementina
L
Louise Fazenda
Dora
J
James Stephenson
Jim Ralston
J
Jerome Cowan
Joe Ralston
W
William Lundigan
Lanning Halsey
C
Cecilia Loftus
Grandmother Lovell
R
Rand Brooks
Jim
J
Janet Shaw
Dee
W
William Hopper
John
W
William A. Boardway
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
S
Sidney Bracey
Charles the Butler (uncredited)
F
Frederick Burton
Mr. Halsey (uncredited)
R
Ricardo Lord Cezon
Little Boy (uncredited)
O
Oliver Cross
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
J
Jack George
First Orchestra Leader / Violinist (uncredited)
S
Sol Gorss
Departing Soldier at Train Station (uncredited)

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