
Mr. Skeffington(1944)
A beautiful but vain woman who rejects the love of her older husband must face the loss of her youth and beauty.


“I've crammed every minute so full of waste. And now there's so little time. I don't know what to do. I'm afraid!”
Socialite Judith Traherne lives a lavish but emotionally empty life. Riding horses is one of her few joys, and her stable master is secretly in love with her. Told she has a brain tumor by her doctor, Frederick Steele, Judith becomes distraught. After she decides to have surgery to remove the tumor, Judith realizes she is in love with Dr. Steele, but more troubling medical news may sabotage her new relationship, and her second chance at life.

Bette Davis
Judith Traherne

George Brent
Dr. Frederick Steele

Humphrey Bogart
Michael O'Leary

Geraldine Fitzgerald
Ann King

Ronald Reagan
Alec

Henry Travers
Dr. Parsons

Cora Witherspoon
Carrie

Dorothy Peterson
Miss Wainwright

Virginia Brissac
Martha

Charles Richman
Colonel Mantle
Dark Victory is a drama, romance film released in 1939 exploring themes of horseback riding, brain tumor, female friendship, based on play or musical, long island, new york, socialite. Directed by Edmund Goulding, it stars Bette Davis, George Brent, Humphrey Bogart. Socialite Judith Traherne lives a lavish but emotionally empty life. Riding horses is one of her few joys, and her stable master is secretly in love with her. Told she has a brain tumor by her doctor, Frederick Steele, Judith becomes distraught. After she decides to have surgery to remove the tumor, Judith realizes she is in love with Dr. Steele, but more troubling medical news may sabotage her new relationship, and her second chance at life.
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