Dark Victory

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Dark Victory is a 1939 American drama film best known for Bette Davis’s acclaimed performance as a young socialite facing a terminal illness.

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Dark Victory canonical 12
Dark Victory (play) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film
drama film
film
basedOn Dark Victory self-linksurface differs
surface form: Dark Victory (play)
basedOnWorkBy Bertram Bloch
George Brewer Jr.
cinematographyBy Ernest Haller
colorProcess black-and-white
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Edmund Goulding
distributedInFormat theatrical release
distributor Warner Bros. Pictures
editedBy Warren Low
era Hollywood Golden Age
surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood
filmingStudio Warner Bros. Studios
genre drama film
hasSettingPeriod 1930s
hasTheme acceptance of death
love and sacrifice
terminal illness
language English
leadActor Bette Davis
George Brent
leadPerformanceBy Bette Davis
mainCharacter Judith Traherne
mainCharacterPortrayedBy Bette Davis
musicBy Max Steiner
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Actress
Academy Award for Best Original Score
Academy Award for Best Picture
notableFor Bette Davis’s acclaimed performance
originalLanguage English
plotSummary A young socialite faces a terminal brain illness and comes to terms with her fate.
producer David Lewis
Hal B. Wallis
productionCompany Warner Bros. Pictures
surface form: Warner Bros.
releaseDate 1939-04-20
releaseYear 1939
runtimeMinutes 104
screenwriter Casey Robinson
setIn New York
Vermont
starring Bette Davis
George Brent
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Henry Travers
Humphrey Bogart
Ronald Reagan

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Bette Davis notableWork Dark Victory
Hal B. Wallis notableWork Dark Victory
Ernest Haller workedOn Dark Victory
Score for "Dark Victory" forWork Dark Victory
Dark Victory basedOn Dark Victory self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Dark Victory (play)
Henry Travers appearedIn Dark Victory
Geraldine Fitzgerald notableWork Dark Victory
Ruth Elizabeth Davis notableWork Dark Victory
Edmund Goulding notableWork Dark Victory
Edmund Goulding directed Dark Victory
Harold Brent Wallis notableWork Dark Victory
George Brent notableWork Dark Victory