The Old Maid (1939)

  • NR
  • 08/16/1939 (US)
  • 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 Goulding

Director

Casey Robinson

Screenplay

Edith Wharton

Novel

Cast

Bette Davis's headshot

Bette Davis

Charlotte Lovell
Miriam Hopkins's headshot

Miriam Hopkins

Delia Lovell Ralston
George Brent's headshot

George Brent

Clem Spender
Donald Crisp's headshot

Donald Crisp

Doctor Lanskell
Jane Bryan's headshot

Jane Bryan

Clementina
Louise Fazenda's headshot

Louise Fazenda

Dora
James Stephenson's headshot

James Stephenson

Jim Ralston
Jerome Cowan's headshot

Jerome Cowan

Joe Ralston

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