The Old Maid
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!
NR 1939 · 95 min · ★ 7.0 · Drama
The lives of two cousins are complicated by the return of an ex-boyfriend and an illegitimate child.
Directed by Edmund Goulding · Written by Casey Robinson
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Bette Davis Charlotte Lovell -
Miriam Hopkins Delia Lovell Ralston -
George Brent Clem Spender -
Donald Crisp Doctor Lanskell -
Jane Bryan Clementina -
Louise Fazenda Dora -
James Stephenson Jim Ralston -
Jerome Cowan Joe Ralston -
William Lundigan Lanning Halsey -
Cecilia Loftus Grandmother Lovell -
Rand Brooks Jim -
Janet Shaw Dee
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