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Director: |
Irving Rapper
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Starring: |
Bette Davis, Mary Wickes, James Rennie, Katharine Alexander, Franklin Pangborn, Lee Patrick, Ilka Chase, John Loder, Bonita Granville, Gladys Cooper, Claude Rains, Paul Henreid
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Genres: |
Drama Classics, Romantic Drama, US Classics
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Origin: |
USA
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Certificate: |
PG
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Languages: |
English
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Running Time: |
117 min
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A tender love story, a taut psychological drama, an inspiring tale of physical and spiritual transformation. Now, Voyager is all three, as well as a Bette Davis career milestone, resulting in her sixth Best Actress Oscar nomination. She magically plays Charlotte Vale, a spinster who defies her domineering mother (fellow Oscar nominee Gladys Cooper) to discover love, heartbreak and eventual contentment.
More magic is generated by a top-notch ensemble, Max Steiner's Academy Aware-winning score and an improvised moment by Paul Henreid that became an instant classic: he lights two cigarettes at once and hands one to Davis. For the ultimate in romantic melodrama, it's Now, Voyager now, then and forever.
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