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    Dark Victory is a 1939 American melodrama film directed by Edmund Goulding, starring Bette Davis, and featuring George Brent, Humphrey Bogart, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Ronald Reagan, Henry Travers, and Cora Witherspoon.

  2. Nov 15, 2019 · Orry-Kelly did such an amazing job; he was so good for Bette Davis, he knew just how to design for her body. She wasn’t tall, and she had a rather large bust — can we say bust? — and he used little tricks to make her look incredible. And that red dress!

  3. Dark Victory: Directed by Edmund Goulding. With Bette Davis, George Brent, Humphrey Bogart, Geraldine Fitzgerald. A young socialite is diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor, and must decide whether or not she'll meet her final days with dignity.

    • (12K)
    • Drama, Romance
    • Edmund Goulding
    • 1939-04-22
  4. Mar 1, 2015 · In Dark Victory, Davis loses her man and her sight, but she commands the screen throughout, her outfits carefully chosen to reveal a woman who’s strong, uncompromising and proud. Her character never wavers from what she must do and gives an intensely dramatic performance.

  5. Oct 8, 2020 · Dark Victory teeters somewhere in the middle for a while, but the sheer tornado frenzy of giggling life in the face of death wins out. It’s a testament to Davis more than anyone else as she all but sticks the landing, carrying the magnitude of the drama with her implacable performance.

  6. Apr 30, 2007 · Actress: Bette Davis Original Score: Max Steiner. Oscar Awards: None. Oscar Context. Bette Davis lost the Best Actress Oscar to the popular favorite Vivien Leigh in “Gone with the Wind,” which swept most of the Oscars in 1939, including Best Picture.

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  8. Nov 12, 2007 · The legendary film star Bette Davis was what might charitably be called “a real piece of work.” According to Ed Sikov, author of “Dark Victory: The Life of Bette Davis,” many who knew...