Bette Davis

Resource Information

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Label

Bette Davis

Statement of responsibility

Warner Bros. Pictures presents

Contributor

• Wyler, William, 1902-1981
• Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967)
• Warner Home Video (Firm)
• Bloch, Bertram, 1892-1987
• Bogart, Humphrey, 1899-1957
• Brent, George, 1904-1979
• Brewer, George, 1899-1968
• Davis, Bette, 1908-1989
• Davis, Owen, 1874-1956
• Fonda, Henry, 1905-1982
• Goulding, Edmund, 1891-1959
• Henreid, Paul
• Hopkins, Miriam, 1902-1972
• Prouty, Olive Higgins, 1882-1974
• Rapper, Irving, 1898-1999
• Robinson, Casey
• Sherman, Vincent
• Van Druten, John, 1901-1957
• Wallis, Hal B., 1899-1986
• Wiman, Dwight Deere, 1895-1951

Subject

• Man-woman relationships -- Louisiana | New Orleans -- Drama
• Mothers and daughters -- Drama
• New Orleans (La.) -- Drama
• Revenge -- Drama
• Romance films
• Self-esteem -- Drama
• Single women -- Drama
• Southern States -- Social life and customs -- 1775-1865 -- Drama
• Terminally ill -- Drama
• Women -- Conduct of life -- Drama
• Female friendship -- Drama
• Autonomy -- Drama
• Films for the hearing impaired
• Interpersonal conflict -- Drama
• Jealousy -- Drama
• Man-woman relationships -- Drama

Genre

• Romance films
• Films for the hearing impaired
• Drama

Language

• eng
• fre
• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

• Now, voyager: A young woman escapes the smothering influence of her wealthy and very conservative mother through the help of a psychiatrist and an ocean cruise where she finds love, helping her to become her own person
• Dark victory: The life of a fast-moving Long Island socialite skids to a stop when she discovers that she has less than a year to live
• Old acquaintance: Old friends Kit Marlowe and Millie Drake adopt contrasting lifestyles: Kit is a single, critically acclaimed author while married Millie writes popular pulp novels
• Jezebel: A haughty headstrong Southern Belle in antebellum Louisiana loses her fiance due to her stubborn vanity and pride and vows to get him back

Related

• Now, voyager
• Jezebel
• Dark victory
• Old acquaintance

Member of

• Greatest classic legends film collection

Cataloging source

IFA

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

• Now, voyager: Producer, Hal B. Wallis ; director, Irving Rapper ; screenplay, Casey Robinson ; music, Max Steiner
• Dark victory: Director, Edmund Goulding ; screenplay, Casey Robinson ; music, Max Steiner
• Old acquaintance: Director, Vincent Sherman ; screenplay, John van Druten, Lenore Coffee ; producer, Dwight Deere Wiman
• Jezebel: Producer/director, William Wyler ; screenplay, Clements Ripley, Abem Finkel, John Huston ; music, Max Steiner

Dewey number

791.43/75

Intended audience

MPAA rating: Not rated

Language note

English or French (Now, voyager only) dialogue; English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned

LC call number

PN1997

LC item number

.T7995 2011

PerformerNote

• Now, voyager: Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Gladys Cooper, Bonita Granville, Ilka Chase
• Dark victory: Bette Davis, George Brent, Humphrey Bogart, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Cora Witherspoon, Ronald Reagan, Henry Travers
• Old acquaintance: Bette Davis, Miriam Hopkins, Gig Young, John Loder, Dolores Moran
• Jezebel: Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, George Brent, Margaret Lindsay, Donald Crisp, Fay Bainter, Richard Cromwell, Henry O'Neill, Spring Byington, John Litel

Runtime

435

Series statement

Turner classic movies greatest classic legends film collection

Target audience

general

Technique

live action