Dark Victory (1939)

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7.4	IMDB rating

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Directed by

Edmund Goulding

Starring (View all)

Bette Davis
Judith Traherne

George Brent
Dr. Frederick Steele

Humphrey Bogart
Michael O'Leary

Geraldine Fitzgerald
Ann King

Ronald Reagan
Alec

Henry Travers
Dr. Parsons

Cora Witherspoon
Carrie

Dorothy Peterson
Miss Wainwright

Written by

Casey Robinson
(screen play)

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Atypical Role

15 years, 8 months ago at Jul 11 1:59

nataliegoes

This is a melodrama, that in this age of high technology and common medical knowledge is hard to swallow. Judith, the heroine, is diagnosed with a brain tumor that will eventually kill her with almost no warning in a preposterous fashion. The drama and trite characters should have ruined this movie. The only redeeming value is to watch Bette Davis play such a guileless character, unlike anythin... read more

Dark Victory

14 years, 6 months ago at Aug 27 23:48

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In Dark Victory Bette Davis played against type: she wasn’t neurotic, she wasn’t a washed-up actress or a woman rebelling against aging, there was no unglamorous transformation and she wasn’t a bitch. She played a likeable, if slightly frivolous, socialite who slowly dies over the course of the film from a malignant brain tumor. Oh, yes, it sounds like melodramatic flim-flam, and to an exten... read more

A good movie

1 year, 8 months ago at Jul 11 7:39

johanlefourbe

I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since it seemed to have a decent reputation, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, to be honest, I had a rather hard time to get into the damned thing. Sure, I have to admit that the fact that I did watch on it on the BBC without subtitles probably didn’t help. Indeed, I was rather confused by the opening scenes and it took me a w... read more

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The twenty-three years old wealthy sportswoman Judith Traherne (Bette Davis) has painful headaches and double-vision, and the family doctor, Dr. Parsons (Henry Travers), convinces her to go with her best friend Ann King (Geraldine Fitzgerald) to a consultation with a famous specialist. After the physical examination, Dr. Frederick Steele (George Brent) finds that Judy has a lethal glioma brain tumor, and he immediately operates her to withdraw the tumor. However, the result of the biopic examination indicates that she has less than six months of life, but Dr. Steele and Ann hides the diagnose from Judy.

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A good movie

“I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since it seemed to have a decent reputation, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, to be honest, I had a rather hard time to get into the damned thing. Sure, I have to admit that the fact that I did watch on it on the BBC without subtitles probably didn’t help. Indeed, I was rather confused by the opening scenes and it took me a while to figure out what was going on. Still, I think it went beyond that. Anyway, the biggest asset of this movie was obviously Bette Davis and she was nominated for the Academy Award for the Best Actress in a Leading Role for this movie (in fact, she would be nominated 8 times in 10 years back then which is quite impressive). And, indeed, there is no doubt that Davis was really good here (it wa” read more

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