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The Old Maid (1939)

NR · 1939-08-16 · 1h 35m · EN
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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.

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

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Edmund GouldingDirector

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Bette DavisBette DavisCharlotte LovellMiriam HopkinsMiriam HopkinsDelia Lovell RalstonGeorge BrentGeorge BrentClem SpenderJane BryanJane BryanClementinaDonald CrispDonald CrispDoctor LanskellLouise FazendaLouise FazendaDoraJames StephensonJames StephensonJim RalstonJerome CowanJerome CowanJoe RalstonWilliam LundiganWilliam LundiganLanning HalseyCecilia LoftusCecilia LoftusGrandmother LovellRand BrooksRand BrooksJimJanet ShawJanet ShawDee

Keywords

Based on novel or bookBrother19th centuryPhiladelphia, pennsylvaniaOrphanageAmerican civil warIllegitimate childRomantic rivalryOld maid

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Genre affinityDramaTheme affinityBased On Novel Or Book · Brother · 19th CenturyDialogue densityDramaEmotional intensityAmerican Civil WarDirector preference272384Actor preference260460 · 220377 · 323448

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

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The Old Maid has a runtime of 95 minutes.

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