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Dark Victory is a 1939 American melodrama film directed by Edmund Goulding, starring Bette Davis, and featuring George Brent, Humphrey Bogart, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Ronald Reagan, Henry Travers, and Cora Witherspoon.
Dark Victory: Directed by Edmund Goulding. With Bette Davis, George Brent, Humphrey Bogart, Geraldine Fitzgerald. A young socialite is diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor, and must decide whether or not she'll meet her final days with dignity.
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- Drama, Romance
- Edmund Goulding
- 1939-04-22
Socialite Judith Traherne (Bette Davis) lives a lavish but emotionally empty life. Riding horses is one of her few joys, and her stable master (Humphrey Bogart) is secretly in love with her....
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- Bette Davis
- Edmund Goulding
- Drama
In Dark Victory, Davis plays Judith Traherne, a party-loving heiress with a terminal brain tumor. She falls in love with her doctor, Brent, and after initially worrying that he pities rather than loves her, agrees to marry him and grab whatever happiness she can in the time she has left.
- Edmund Goulding, Frank Heath
- Bette Davis
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Judith Traherne is at the height of young society when Dr. Frederick Steele diagnoses a brain tumor. After surgery, she falls in love with Steele. The doctor tells her secretary that the tumor will come back and eventually kill her. Learning this, Judith becomes manic and depressive.
Dark Victory, American dramatic film, released in 1939, that was notable for Bette Davis’s performance as a young woman coming to terms with her impending death. Davis portrayed Judith Traherne, a spirited heiress suffering from a malignant brain tumour.
Warner Bros. Entertainment. Bette Davis’ bravura, moving-but-never-morbid performance as Judith Traherne, a dying heiress determined to find happiness in her few remaining months, remai...
