The Old Maid (1939)

08/16/1939 (US) • 1h 35m

Drama

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!

Overview

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

Top Billed Cast

Bette Davis

Charlotte Lovell

Miriam Hopkins

Delia Lovell Ralston

George Brent

Clem Spender

Donald Crisp

Doctor Lanskell

Jane Bryan

Clementina

James Stephenson

Jim Ralston

Jerome Cowan

Joe Ralston

William Lundigan

Lanning Halsey


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

philadelphia, pennsylvania

based on novel or book

brother

orphanage

romantic rivalry

american civil war

illegitimate child

19th century

old maid

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