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Overview

In this film, Delia Lovell marries James Ralston, leaving her old beau Clem Spender out in the cold. Delia's cousin Charlotte comforts Clem by spending the night with him. Charlotte becomes pregnant, secretly farming out her daughter Tina to another family.

Product Details

Release Date:	11/28/2017
UPC:	0888574564827
Original Release:	1939
Rating:	NR
Source:	Warner Archives
Presentation:	[B&W]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono, Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language:	English
Time:	1:35:00
Sales rank:	28,468

Special Features

Warner Night at the Movies 1939 Short Subjects Gallery: Vintage Newsreel; Technicolor Historical Short Lincoln in the White House; Howard Hill Sports Short Sword Fishing; Classic Cartoons The Film Fan and Kristopher Kolumbus Jr.; Trailers of The Old Maid and 1939's Confessions of a Nazi Spy

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Bette Davis	Charlotte Lovell
Miriam Hopkins	Delia Lovell Ralston
George Brent	Clem Spender
Donald Crisp	Dr. Lanskell
Jane Bryan	Tina
Louise Fazenda	Dora
James Stephenson	Jim Ralston
Jerome Cowan	Joe Ralston
William Lundigan	Lanning Halsey
Cecilia Loftus	Grandmother Henrietta Lovell
Rand Brooks	Jim Ralston Jr.
Janet Shaw	Dee
William Hopper	John Ward
Marlene Burnett	Tina as a Child
Rod Cameron	Man
Doris Lloyd	Aristocratic Maid
Frederick Burton	Mr. Halsey
Max Steiner	Composer

Technical Credits

Edmund Goulding	Director
Casey Robinson	Screenwriter
Zoe Akins	Playwright
Henry Blanke	Producer

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Editorial Reviews

One of four superior Bette Davis vehicles from 1939, The Old Maid features Davis at her embittered best as a Civil War-era spinster and mother squaring off with her selfish cousin over the child's love. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning Zoe Akins play from Edith Wharton's novel, Davis and co-star Miriam Hopkins's fractious off-screen relationship lent an extra dash of realism to the onscreen rivalry between Davis's wallflower Charlotte and Hopkins's flighty, conniving Delia over Charlotte's daughter by Delia's spurned suitor Clem. A victim of societal limits as well as Delia's jealousy, Charlotte's transformation into a harsh old maid to preserve illegitimate daughter Tina's reputation amply displays Davis's actorly range, from the palpable rage in her confrontations with the simperingly malicious Hopkins, to the restrained grief over her daughter's cruelty. Edmund Goulding's elegant direction keeps the Davis-Hopkins cat fight in control without losing any of the melodramatic punch, heightening the emotional payoff of the final rapprochement between mother, daughter and rival mother. Praised for its polished production and Davis's poignant, complex performance, The Old Maid became a popular hit and might have garnered Davis an Oscar nomination-but that honor came for Dark Victory (1939) instead.

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