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Writers:
W. Somerset Maugham (novel)
Lester Cohen (screenplay)
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Release Date:
20 July 1934 (USA) more
Tagline:
The Love That Lifted a Man to Paradise......and Hurled Him Back to Earth Again
Plot:
Abandoning artistic ambitions, sensitive and club-footed Philip Carey enrolls in medical school and... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. more
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Trivia: Can The Dark Knight Win the Best Picture Oscar as a Write-In Candidate?
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Bette is first noticed! more (60 total)
Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Leslie Howard | ... | Philip Carey |
 | Bette Davis | ... | Mildred Rogers |
| Frances Dee | ... | Sally Athelny |
| Kay Johnson | ... | Norah |
| Reginald Denny | ... | Harry Griffiths |
| Alan Hale | ... | Emil Miller |
| Reginald Sheffield | ... | Cyril Dunsford |
| Reginald Owen | ... | Thorpe Athelny |
| Desmond Roberts | ... | Dr. Jacobs |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Charles Coleman | ... | (scenes deleted) |
| Frank Mills | ... | Chimneysweep (scenes deleted) |
| Pat Somerset | ... | (scenes deleted) |
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83 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (RCA Victor System)
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Canada:PG (Ontario) | Australia:PG | USA:Approved (PCA #53)
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Bette Davis fully expected to be nominated for an Oscar for this, her breakthrough performance in films. When she was denied an official nomination, there was an attempt to make her a "write-in" candidate, a practice now barred by the Academy. more
Quotes:
Thorpe Athelny: Don't stand by my chair in order to make eyes at him. more
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Referenced in "The Practice: Of Human Bondage (#3.14)" (1999) more
Soundtrack:
Hesitation Blues more
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A good, historical movie for the Bette Davis fan in that this is the first movie where she was noticed, based on her merits as an actress. This was a role that was offered to others, but "others" thought that playing such an evil "belladonna" role would harm their career. Bette never flinched from playing the "bitch" and it helped push her career forward. Bette does a good job in this story of an evil woman and the man who just won't/can't let her go. As another writer here has stated, this should be required viewing by young men. The scary thing is, there truly ARE such women out there. A cautionary tale that delivers..