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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.
Dark Victory: Directed by Edmund Goulding. With Bette Davis, George Brent, Humphrey Bogart, Geraldine Fitzgerald. A young socialite is diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor, and must decide whether or not she'll meet her final days with dignity.
Bette Davis’ bravura, moving-but-never-morbid performance as Judith Traherne, a dying heiress determined to find happiness in her few remaining months, remains a three-hankie classic. But that...
Socialite Judith Traherne (Bette Davis) lives a lavish but emotionally empty life. Riding horses is one of her few joys, and her stable master (Humphrey Bogart) is secretly in love with her. Told...
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Brief Synopsis. A flighty heiress discovers inner strength when she develops a brain tumor.
Dark Victory, American dramatic film, released in 1939, that was notable for Bette Davis’s performance as a young woman coming to terms with her impending death. Davis portrayed Judith Traherne, a spirited heiress suffering from a malignant brain tumour.
A young socialite is diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor, and must decide whether or not she'll meet her final days with dignity. Judith Traherne is at the height of young society when Dr. Frederick Steele diagnoses a brain tumor. After surgery, she falls in love with Steele.
Almost everyone: Dark Victory was Davis’s biggest box-office hit yet and garnered Academy Award® nominations for 1939’s Best Picture, Actress and Original...
Dark Victory (1939) is a sentimental, tragic and moving melodrama (a "weepie" or "woman's picture") from Warner Bros. studios - made in Hollywood's most famous and competitive year. The film contains an electrifying, compelling, tour de force, tear-jerking performance from its major star Bette Davis.
Dark Victory (1939) Bette Davis stars as a hedonistic socialite who learns to value the simple things in life after being diagnosed with a fatal brain tumor in this three-hanky drama. 823 IMDb 7.4 1 h 44 min 1939. X-Ray 13+. Drama · Romance · Emotional · Passionate. Available to rent or buy.
