Dark Victory
(1939)
"I've Crammed EVERY MINUTE SO FULL of waste. And now there's so little time. I don't know what to do. I'm afraid!"
Stars: Bette Davis, George Brent, Humphrey Bogart, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Ronald Reagan
Director: Edmund Goulding
Writer: Casey Robinson, George Emerson Brewer Jr.
Language: English
Studio: Warner Home Video
Duration: 104
Bette Davis?s bravura, moving-but-never-morbid performance as Judith Traherne, a dying heiress determined to find happiness in her few remaining months, remains a three-hankie classic. But that success would never have happened if Davis hadn?t pestered studio brass to buy Dark Victory?s story rights. Jack Warner finally did so skeptically. Who wants to see a dame go blind? he asked. Almost everyone: Dark Victory was Davis? biggest box-office hit yet and garnered Academy Award nominations for 1939?s Best Picture, Actress and Original Score (Max Steiner).
| Bette Davis | Judith Traherne |
| George Brent | Dr. Frederick Steele |
| Humphrey Bogart | Michael O'Leary |
| Geraldine Fitzgerald | Ann King |
| Ronald Reagan | Alec Hamm |
| Ernest Haller | Cinematographer |
| Henry Travers | Dr. Parsons |
| Cora Witherspoon | Carrie |
| William Holmes | Editor |
| Dorothy Peterson | Miss Wainwright |
| Virginia Brissac | Martha, housekeeper |
| Charles Richman | Col. Mantle |
| Herbert Rawlinson | Dr. Carter |
| Leonard Mudie | Dr. Driscoll |
| Fay Helm | Miss Dodd |
| Lottie Williams | Lucy |
| Black Ace | Judith's Horse (uncredited) |
| Marian Alden | Judith's friend (uncredited) |
| Wilda Bennett | Judith's friend (uncredited) |
| Diane Bernard | Lucy (a servant) (uncredited) |
| Richard Bond | Judith's friend (uncredited) |
| Sidney Bracey | Bartender (uncredited) |
| Nat Carr | Doctor (uncredited) |
| Glen Cavender | Headwaiter (uncredited) |
| Mary Currier | Nightclub Singer (uncredited) |
| Frank Darien | Anxious little man (uncredited) |
| Edgar Edwards | Trainer (uncredited) |
| Paulette Evans | Judith's friend (uncredited) |
| Jack A. Goodrich | Doctor (uncredited) |
| Kenneth Gibson | Party Guest |
| Eddie Graham | Doctor (uncredited) |
| John Harron | George (man taking Judith's coat) (uncredited) |
| Leyland Hodgson | Judith's friend (uncredited) |
| Stuart Holmes | Doctor (uncredited) |
| Alexander Leftwich | Specialist #2 (uncredited) |
| Frank Mayo | Judith's friend (uncredited) |
| Will Morgan | Doctor (uncredited) |
| Jack Mower | Veterinarian (uncredited) |
| David Newell | Judith's friend (uncredited) |
| Wedgwood Nowell | Doctor (uncredited) |
| Ila Rhodes | Secretary (uncredited) |
| John Ridgely | Man making crack about Judith (uncredited) |
| Speirs Ruskell | Henry Curtiss (Dr. Steele's assistant) (uncredited) |
| Cliff Saum | Moving Man (uncredited) |
| Jeffrey Sayre | Doctor (uncredited) |
| Rosella Towne | Girl in box (uncredited) |
| Amzie Strickland | Judith's Friend |
| William Worthington | Specialist #1 (uncredited) |
| Maris Wrixon | Judith's friend (uncredited) |
| Robert B. Lee | Sound Department |
| Max Steiner | Composer |
| Robert M. Haas | Art Director |
| Orry-Kelly | Custome Designer |
| Frank Heath | Assistant Director |
Genre: Classics, Drama
Media: DVD
Sound: Dolby 2.0 Mono
IMDb: 0031210
