Dark Victory
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A daughter's take on Orson Welles...whom he would soon cast for the theater in "Heartbreak House." Fitzgerald, who later starred in such film classics as "Wuthering Heights" and "Dark Victory," was apparently closer to Welles than his wife realized. She discovered letters from... In this article: Orson Welles, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Falstaff, Manhattan, In My Father's Shadow Bogdanovich, The Third Man, and Citizen Kane |
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Wikipedia | October 10, 2009
Dark Victory
...and confronts Steele, who admits the truth. She agrees to remain silent. Ronald Reagan and Bette Davis (center, left to right) in the film's trailer Judith and Steele become involved romantically and eventually engaged. While helping his...
In this article: Bette Davis, George Brent, Academy Award, and Surgery
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The Bergen Record | September 30, 2009
TV best bets: Wed., Sept. 30
Last updated: Wednesday September 30, 2009, 2:12 PM DARK VICTORY - Bette Davis gives one of her most memorable performances in this classic 1939 weeper, casting her as a social butterfly whose carefree life comes crashing down when she is...
In this article: Bette Davis, TCM, Emmy, George Brent, and Patricia Heaton
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Los Angeles Times | September 29, 2009
Wednesday's TV Highlights: Kelsey Grammer returns on ABC.
...dish for comic magicians Penn & Teller. Michelle Bernstein of Michy's restaurant in Miami serves as a guest judge (10 p.m. Bravo). Dark Victory: Bette Davis gives one of her most memorable performances in this classic 1939 weeper. With...
In this article: Thomas Gibson, Kelsey Grammer, Christine Lahti, ABC, Emmy, America's Next Top Model, George Brent, and Henry Travers
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Daily Mail | September 14, 2009
Where did Hollywood's heroines go? Today's films depict women as desperate, pathetic and frigid (but then men make them!)
...stars of all time: Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Barbara Stanwyck and Katharine Hepburn. Films such as Now, Voyager, Mildred Pierce, Dark Victory and Blonde Venus were the stories of mothers and daughters, women struggling for power,...
In this article: Hollywood, Meryl Streep, Helen Mirren, The Ugly Truth, Bride Wars, Barbara Stanwyck, Sigourney Weaver, Katherine Heigl, Jennifer Aniston, and Bette Davis
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Kansas City Star | August 10, 2009
Rachel McAdams finds dimension in The Time Traveler's Wife'
</p><p>Is it a cosmic coincidence that her new film, "The Time Traveler's Wife," includes a clip of Bette Davis in that classic weeper "Dark Victory"? McAdams might have been Davis. Or Joan Crawford. Or Myrna Loy. Alas, she lives in the wrong...
In this article: Rachel McAdams, Warner Bros., Robert Schwentke, The Time Traveler's Wife, Eric Bana, and Bette Davis
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boston.com - Top arts and entertainment stories | July 11, 2009
To the nines: 1939
...by novelists, playwrights, and other grown-ups.) Those men worked their employees hard. Bette Davis starred in four movies in 1939: "Dark Victory,'' "Juarez,'' "The Old Maid,'' and "The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex. '' Character...
In this article: Gone with the Wind, Only Angels Have Wings, Thomas Mitchell, Oscar, Stagecoach, RKO, Frank Capra, and Bette Davis
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washingtonpost.com | June 24, 2009
The TV Column by Lisa de Moraes
...selected, you'd be losing five extraordinary films," Ganis said. That Sid -- such a kidder! He knows perfectly well that flicks like "Dark Victory," "Wuthering Heights," "Ninotchka," "Goodbye, Mr. Chips," and "Of Mice and Men" don't stand a...
In this article: Academy Awards, Sid Ganis, Recession, Casablanca, Media by Numbers, WWII, DVD, and Slumdog Millionaire
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washingtonpost.com | June 24, 2009
Academy Awards Boosts Best Pix Noms in Vie for Viewers
...the greatest year ever for best pix nominees is generally considered to be 1939, when the contenders were: "Stagecoach," "Wuthering Heights," "Dark Victory," "Love Affair," "Goodbye, Mr. Chips," "Ninotchka," "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,"...
In this article: Academy Awards, Media by Numbers, Recession, WWII, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Watch on the Rhine, Madame Curie, and The More the Merrier
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New York Times | November 11, 2007
Dark Victory: The Life of Bette Davis - Book - Review - New York Times
...Life The legendary film star Bette Davis was what might charitably be called a real piece of work. According to Ed Sikov, author of Dark Victory: The Life of Bette Davis, many who knew her often put it more bluntly. Barbara Stanwyck, no...
In this article: Bette Davis, Ed Sikov, Warner Brothers, All About Eve, Barbara Stanwyck, Goat, and Oxygen
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New York Times | November 01, 2007
Dark Victory: The Life of Bette Davis - Ed Sikov - Book Review - New York Times
...Mommie Dearest -type broadside have written everything they know, the question is What else is there to say? With Ed Sikov s Dark Victory as evidence, I submit that the answer is a reluctant Nothing much. Sikov, who has written...
In this article: Bette Davis, Ed Sikov, Dangerous, Joan Crawford, Miriam Hopkins, Gary Merrill, Oscar, and The New York Observer
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Dark Victory is a 1939 American drama film directed by Edmund Goulding. The screenplay by Casey Robinson was based on the unsuccessful 1934 play of the same title by George Brewer and Bertram Bloch.
- Name:
- Dark Victory
- Release Date:
- April 22, 1939
- Directed By:
- Edmund Goulding
- Written By:
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- Casey Robinson
- Based on the play by George Brewer and Bertram Bloch
- Editor:
- William Holmes
- Cinematography:
- Ernest Haller
- Music By:
- Max Steiner
- Distributed By:
- Warner Bros.
- Length:
- 104 minutes
- Language:
- English
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