Dark Victory

Dark Victory

  • Director: Edmund Goulding
  • Writer: Casey Robinson,George Emerson Brewer Jr.,Bertram B
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: English
  • Release date: April 22, 1939
  • Sound mix: Mono
  • Aspect ratio: 1.37 : 1
  • Also known as: Gospa Judita
  • "Dark Victory" is a romance film directed by Edmund Goulding and starring Bette Davis and George Brendan Nolan . The film was released in the United States on April 20, 1939. 
    The film tells a stubborn socialThe story with the brain doctor George Brendan Nolan.

    Details

    • Release date April 22, 1939
    • Filming locations Warner Ranch, Calabasas, California, USA
    • Production companies Warner Bros.

    Movie reviews

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    • By George 2022-05-06 06:01:08

      "Qing He Boring" movie script

      "Qing He Boring" movie script

      Text/〔美〕Kathy Robinson

      Translation/Wu Hanqing

      Content description

      This is an American film that reflects the philosophy of life, and an influential Hollywood film in the 1930s and 1940s.

      The wayward Miss Judith was terminally ill, and with the help of Dr. Steele, she changed her attitude towards self-defeating life. She and Steele...

    • By Theron 2022-05-06 06:01:08

      [Film Review] Dark Victory (1939) 8.0/10

      [Film Review] Dark Victory (1939)

      Another plenary victory in Ms. Davis' bang-up repertoire, DARK VICTORY, her tear-jerking star-vehicle directed by a nimble-handed Edmund Goulding (commendably downplays the story's stagy vibes), strikes as an elemental force of itself which poignantly probes the doleful subject of howto face death on one's own terms when there is not much time...

    • By Roberto 2022-05-06 06:01:08

      "Dark Triumph"

      A good love movie, selected by AFI's "A Hundred Years of Emotional Movies" and "A Hundred Years of Inspirational Movies".

      The progress of the plot is very good, and the coming and going of the characters is also very natural. But everything comes from the performance of Bette Davis, she is really the perfect example of the combination of rigidity and softness among actresses.

      It is a pity that the mainstream Hollywood will no longer produce a film for first-line actresses in...

    • By Roselyn 2022-05-06 06:01:08

      I wish to pass away quietly

      "Dark Victory" was also translated as "Qing He Boming".

      Death is black, it is dark, terrible, but under the shadow of death, she won.

      Compared with the literal translation of the title of "Dark Victory", the translation of "Qing He Boming" seems to be more melancholic. The former is more intuitive, and the latter has a bit more sentimental poetry.

      "Qing He Born" is about socialite Julie who discovered that she had a tumor in her brain. During the treatment, she fell in...

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    • By Mina 2023-09-14 13:24:44

      B+, the final suspense is revealed too early, and Bogart's character is also useless, but it has a very poignant and moving...

    • By Krista 2023-09-12 23:22:58

      I have seen Erdaobaihe Changbaishan Youth Hostel. A timeless classic in GAY culture. Bette Davis became the goddess of all gays since this...

    • By Geraldine 2023-09-11 00:13:26

      The reason why I like Betty Davis so much, I want to give a high score selfishly. The highlight of this film 1 is that Betty Davis's acting is really good, 2 is Ronald Reagan and Humphrey Bogart in supporting roles. Bogart did not taste as much when he was young, and Reagan was handsome. The film is also called the victory of darkness. In fact, no one can escape death. The problem is what we have gained in the process of life. Some things can make people die peacefully. Such as...

    • By Maymie 2023-09-03 02:57:10

      Bogart and Regan's Soy Sauce Movie, Bette Davis...

    • By Tamara 2023-08-13 03:23:02

      Eighty years ago, Mary Sue was almost a one-man show for the heroine. For the first time, I felt the meaning of the so-called "white...

    Movie plot

    Judith Trahern ( Bette Davis ) had hallucinations and saw two jumping hurdles while riding a hurdle and fell off the horse's back. Soon, she rolled down the stairs again. For Judith’s disease, Frederick Steele ( GeorgeBrendanNolan ) , MD and expert in brain surgery , gave up the plan to go to the north. During the operation, it was discovered that Judith’s disease was in an advanced stage and she would lose her eyesight. Died within a...
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    Background creation

    In order to compete with MGM Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures produced a series of "female films", and this film was the first important work among them. George Emerson Blair’s stage play of the same name was unsuccessful, but the film combines simple and authentic performance with smooth director processing. It does not fall into the “female film” stereotype that pretends to be sentimental and manipulates the audience. A big success....
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    Movie quotes

    • [first lines]

      Michael O'Leary: [on the phone] Hello there. Is this the house? I've been trying to get you.

      Miss Wainwright: Michael, do you realize it's 5:30 in the morning?

      Lucy - a Servant: Who is it, Agatha?

      Miss Wainwright: [to Lucy] That Michael.

      [agitatedly to Michael as a different phone line rings]

      Miss Wainwright: We had a party last night and the last guest hasn't driven out of the driveway yet.

      Lucy - a Servant: [answering the other ringing line] Hello, kitchen. Lucy speaking... Yes, Miss Ann.

      Ann King: [irritatedly in bed] What's that racket? The telephone's been ringing all over the house... I'll talk to him.

      [picks up the other phone]

      Ann King: Michael, what do you mean at this unholy hour of the morning?

      Michael O'Leary: Oh, well good morning, Miss Ann. Cheerful morning now isn't it? I was wondering if I might talk to Miss Judith.

      Ann King: No you may certainly might not! She hasn't had two hours of sleep yet, I wouldn't disturb her for the world... oh...

      [obviously gives in, and the scene fades to Judith waking up in bed to answer her ringing phone with Michael on the line]

      Judith: This is Miss Judith Traherne of the sleepy Trahernes.

    • [last lines]

      Judith: That you, Martha?

      Martha, housekeeper: Yes, Miss Judith.

      Judith: I don't want to be disturbed.

    • Dr. Frederick Steele: I'm leaving for Vermont in about fifteen minutes.

      Judith: Vermont! You don't mean that narrow, pinched-up little state on the wrong side of Boston?

      Dr. Frederick Steele: That's the one.

      Judith: No kidding?

      Dr. Frederick Steele: No kidding.

      Judith: What are you going to do there between yawns?