The Old Maid

The Old Maid (1939)

Drama1 hour and 35 minutes
71%
User score

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!

Description

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

Casey Robinson
Screenplay
Edith Wharton
Novel
Edmund Goulding
Director
Zoe Akins
Theatre Play

Actors

Bette Davis
Bette Davis
Charlotte Lovell
Miriam Hopkins
Miriam Hopkins
Delia Lovell Ralston
George Brent
George Brent
Clem Spender
Donald Crisp
Donald Crisp
Doctor Lanskell
Jane Bryan
Jane Bryan
Clementina
Louise Fazenda
Louise Fazenda
Dora
James Stephenson
James Stephenson
Jim Ralston
Jerome Cowan
Jerome Cowan
Joe Ralston
William Lundigan
William Lundigan
Lanning Halsey
Cecilia Loftus
Cecilia Loftus
Grandmother Lovell
Rand Brooks
Rand Brooks
Jim
Janet Shaw
Janet Shaw
Dee
William Hopper
William Hopper
John
William A. Boardway
William A. Boardway
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Sidney Bracey
Sidney Bracey
Charles the Butler (uncredited)
Marlene Burnett
Marlene Burnett
Tina as a Child (uncredited)
Frederick Burton
Frederick Burton
Mr. Halsey (uncredited)
Ricardo Lord Cezon
Ricardo Lord Cezon
Little Boy (uncredited)
Oliver Cross
Oliver Cross
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Jack George
Jack George
First Orchestra Leader / Violinist (uncredited)
Status

Released

Original language

English

Budget

—

Revenue

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Keywords
philadelphia, pennsylvaniabased on novel or bookbrotherorphanageromantic rivalryamerican civil warillegitimate child19th centuryold maid