he's a competent actor, though a bit on the wooden side (gotta love the Devo hair though!)
Reluctantly, she agrees to at least meet Dr. Steele. That too is her "Dark Victory.". This was the eighth, of eleven, on-screen teaming of Bette Davis and George Brent. Dark Victory is one of the best tear jerkers of all time. The tune, "Oh, Give Me Time for Tenderness" sung by Judith was written by Edmund Goulding and Elsie Janis. Max Steiner, who was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score for both this and Gone with the Wind, lost to Herbert Stothart for The Wizard of Oz.
| Should a couple pretend that gloomy possibilities do not exist? The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists: Barbara Stanwyck and Melvyn Douglas starred in a 1938 adaptation of the play presented on Lux Radio Theatre, and the following year Davis and Spencer Tracy appeared in another radio version. | Bette more than makes up for the films few shortcomings though, she simply amazing!
Meanwhile, Judy and Dr. Steele fall in love for each other, and they decide to get married and move to Vermont. (Throughout the film Judith and O'Leary engage in arguments about the prospects of a colt, Challenger.
Plot Keywords After the physical examination, Dr. Frederick Steele finds that Judy has a lethal glioma brain tumor, and he immediately operates her to withdraw the tumor. She tells Ann, but keeps the news from her husband. Bogie and the film deserved better.btw i watched They Drive by Night tonight.
A melodrama of a love in the face of approaching death.
As her visual acuity worsens, Judy begs off accompanying Fred to a medical board meeting in New York where several eminent physicians are convening in order to discuss his possible cure (cut off the oxygen) for Judy's type of brain tumor. User Reviews When Bette Davis discovered the play in 1938, she shopped it to every producer on the Warners lot, and Hal Wallis bought the rights from Selznick for her, for $50,000, when director Edmound Goulding and producer David Lewis showed interest in the project.
Steele tells Ann, "she must never know" she is going to die soon. With Bette Davis, George Brent, Humphrey Bogart, Geraldine Fitzgerald. |
Bette Davis was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress but lost to Vivien Leigh, star of Gone with the Wind. He and his patient fall in love. She tries to drown her sorrow of impending doom in drink, a frivolous dalliance with a drunken suitor (Ronald Reagan), and a more serious dalliance with her horse-trainer, Michael (Humphrey Bogart). Edit, Doctor Frederick Steele (George Brent) diagnosed Judith Traherne (Bette Davis) as having a type of brain tumor known as a glioma. As he is a poor liar, Ann is suspicious and confronts Steele, who admits the truth. For several months she has headaches and memory loss. In 1963, the film was remade as Stolen Hours with Susan Hayward and Michael Craig, directed by Daniel Petrie.
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