Dark Victory (1939)
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Reviews Counted: 17 Fresh: 14 Rotten:3 Average Rating: 7.1/10
Runtime: 1 hr 46 mins
Synopsis: Bette Davis soars in this superb, soapy starring vehicle, chauffeur-driven by director Edmund Goulding (THE GREAT LIE, GRAND HOTEL). A flighty, energetic socialite with a passion for champagne and country living, Judith (Davis) won't admit there's something wrong with her vision until... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Bette Davis, George Brent, Humphrey Bogart, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Ronald Reagan
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A classic women's pic that strings together a collection of syrupy clichés that can make a real man double up in pain.
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04/09/08
Guilty pleasure: One of Warner's best acted melodramas and Bette Davis's all-time favorite, in which she lives hard but dies in dignity as an heiress gone blind. Also Davis revenge as Tallulah Bankhead failed to bring the role to life in the 1934 play.
04/30/07
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It's horribly dated, playing today like some weird, contrived burlesque of common sense.
02/21/06
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01/26/06
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Even by the standards of a typical Bette Davis melodrama Dark Victory is an embarrassment of riches.
06/28/05
What happens when a three-hankie picture just isn’t that sad? You get Dark Victory.
06/01/05
Of interest to both Goulding and Davis fans...Dark Victory catches both of them operating at their best while also learning new tricks from each other.
08/12/04
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05/24/03
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05/20/03
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Dark Victory (1939) is a sentimental, tragic and moving melodrama ("woman's picture") from Warner Bros. studios
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