The Old Maid

The Old Maid

1939 | 1h 35m | Drama | TV-PG

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Brief Synopsis

Charlotte Lovell fights for the love of a daughter born out of wedlock while Miriam Hopkins, her superficially charming cousin, adopts her daughter and raises her status in society.

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Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Edmund Goulding

CAST

Bette Davis

Miriam Hopkins

George Brent

Donald Crisp

Jane Bryan

PRODUCERS

Hal B. Wallis

WRITERS

Casey Robinson

Related Videos

02:15
Old Maid, The (1939) -- (Movie Clip) Every Shot Will Make You Richer
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Civil War troop train leaving Philadelphia, Charlotte (Bette Davis) seeks Clem (George Brent), to the surprise of her cousin Delia (Miriam Hopkins), to whom he was once engaged, and who is now married to a munitions manufacturer, in The Old Maid, 1939, from an Edith Wharton novel.
03:51
Old Maid, The (1939) -- (Movie Clip) Socially Important
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Opening the first of two famous pairings of formidable actors (see Old Acquaintance, 1943), Miriam Hopkins as pre-nuptial Delia, Bette Davis her cousin, de-facto sister, Charlotte, Cecilia Loftus their mutual grandmother, Donald Crisp the family doctor, in The Old Maid, 1939, from the Edith Wharton novel.
03:55
Old Maid, The (1939) -- (Movie Clip) Since You Went Out West
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First scene after a history montage ending the Civil War and killing their former almost-mutual boyfriend, now-married Delia (Miriam Hopkins) visits the orphanage run by cousin Charlotte (Bette Davis), promoting her brother-in-law, Marlene Burnett the featured waif, in The Old Maid, 1939.
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Old Maid, The - (Original Trailer)
Trailer
An unmarried mother gives her illegitimate child to her cousin in The Old Maid (1939) starring Bette Davis.

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