The Old Maid

The Old Maid (1939)

16/08/1939
Drama
1h 35m

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. Of these has the year's finest picture been woven!

Overview

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

  • Edmund GouldingDirector
  • Casey RobinsonScreenplay
  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    English

Keywords

  • philadelphia, pennsylvania
  • based on novel or book
  • brother
  • orphanage
  • romantic rivalry
  • american civil war
  • illegitimate child
  • 19th century
  • old maid

Top Billed Cast

Bette Davis

Bette Davis

Charlotte Lovell

Miriam Hopkins

Miriam Hopkins

Delia Lovell Ralston

George Brent

George Brent

Clem Spender

Donald Crisp

Donald Crisp

Doctor Lanskell

Jane Bryan

Jane Bryan

Clementina

Louise Fazenda

Louise Fazenda

Dora

James Stephenson

James Stephenson

Jim Ralston

Jerome Cowan

Jerome Cowan

Joe Ralston

William Lundigan

William Lundigan

Lanning Halsey

Cecilia Loftus

Cecilia Loftus

Grandmother Lovell

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