The Old Maid

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The Old Maid is a 1939 American drama film, based on Edith Wharton’s novella and starring Bette Davis and Miriam Hopkins, about two cousins whose lives are shattered by a long-held secret over a child.

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instanceOf film
adaptationOf The Old Maid (novella) NERFINISHED
basedOn The Old Maid (novella) NERFINISHED
basedOnAuthor Edith Wharton NERFINISHED
blackAndWhite true
cinematographyBy Tony Gaudio NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Edmund Goulding NERFINISHED
distributedInFormat theatrical film
distributor Warner Bros. Pictures
editedBy Warren Low NERFINISHED
filmFormat black-and-white
genre drama film
hasTheme family secrets
motherhood
sacrifice
social reputation
leadActress Bette Davis NERFINISHED
Miriam Hopkins NERFINISHED
musicBy Max Steiner NERFINISHED
narrativeFocus two cousins and a long-held secret over a child
originalLanguage English
producer Hal B. Wallis
Henry Blanke NERFINISHED
productionCompany Warner Bros. NERFINISHED
releaseDecade 1930s
releaseYear 1939
runtimeMinutes 95
screenwriter Casey Robinson NERFINISHED
setInCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
setInPeriod American Civil War era
sourceMaterialAuthor Edith Wharton NERFINISHED
sourceMaterialGenre novella
starring Bette Davis NERFINISHED
Donald Crisp NERFINISHED
George Brent NERFINISHED
James Stephenson NERFINISHED
Jane Bryan NERFINISHED
Jerome Cowan NERFINISHED
Louise Fazenda NERFINISHED
Miriam Hopkins NERFINISHED
William Lundigan NERFINISHED
title The Old Maid NERFINISHED

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Edmund Goulding directed The Old Maid
Louise Fazenda notableWork The Old Maid
Zoe Akins adaptedForFilm The Old Maid
this entity surface form: The Old Maid (1939 film)
Miriam Hopkins notableWork The Old Maid
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