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The Old Maid 1939 Directed by Edmund Goulding

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!

The lives of two cousins are complicated by the return of an ex-boyfriend and an illegitimate child.

Country USA
Production Country USA
Language English
Spoken Language English
Gnere Drama
Production Company Warner Bros. Pictures
Release Date 16 August 1939
95 mins
Cast
Bette Davis Charlotte Lovell
Miriam Hopkins Delia Lovell Ralston
George Brent Clem Spender
Donald Crisp Doctor Lanskell
Jane Bryan Clementina
James Stephenson Jim Ralston
Jerome Cowan Joe Ralston
William Lundigan Lanning Halsey
Cecilia Loftus Grandmother Lovell
William A. Boardway Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Sidney Bracey Charles the Butler (uncredited)
Marlene Burnett Tina as a Child (uncredited)
Frederick Burton Mr. Halsey (uncredited)
Ricardo Lord Cezon Little Boy (uncredited)
Oliver Cross Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Jack George First Orchestra Leader / Violinist (uncredited)
Sol Gorss Departing Soldier at Train Station (uncredited)
Winifred Harris Mrs. Halsey (uncredited)
Stuart Holmes Man at Train Station (uncredited)
Lois James Girl (uncredited)
Carl M. Leviness Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Doris Lloyd Miss Ford (uncredited)
Richard Neill Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Alexander Pollard Servant (uncredited)
Raymond Rayhill Powell Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Ellinor Vanderveer Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Florence Wix Townswoman at Railroad Station (uncredited)
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