Dark Victory
Dark Victory is a 1939 American melodrama film directed by Edmund Goulding, starring Bette Davis, and featuring George Brent, Humphrey Bogart, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Ronald Reagan, Henry Travers, and Cora Witherspoon. The screenplay by Casey Robinson was based on the 1934 play of the same title by George Brewer and Bertram Bloch, starring Tallulah Bankhead.
Plot
Judith "Judy" Traherne (Bette Davis), is a young, carefree, hedonistic Long Island socialite and heiress with a passion for horses, fast cars, and too much smoking and drinking. She initially ignores severe headaches and brief episodes of dizziness and double vision, but when she uncharacteristically takes a spill while riding and then tumbles down a flight of stairs, her secretary and best friend Ann King insists she see the family doctor, who refers her to a specialist.
More details
| author | Casey Robinson |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Manhattan |
| director | Edmund Goulding |
| editor | William Holmes |
| genre | drama social |
| keywords | best friend brain tumor doctor who double vision drink end engage fast car glioma hedonism hedonistic help long island lose memory loss new york city pray rid scientific study smoke |
| musicBy | Max Steiner |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Actress Academy Award for Best Original Score Academy Award for Best Picture |
| producer | David Lewis |
| productionCompany | Warner Bros. |
| publisher | Warner Bros. |
| theme | melodrama romantic drama |