horseback riding,brain tumor,female friendship,based on play or musical,long island, new york,socialite,doctor patient relationship,blindness,brain surgery,depressing,compassionate,hopeful

Dark Victory (1939)

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I've crammed every minute so full of waste. And now there's so little time. I don't know what to do. I'm afraid!

Socialite Judith Traherne lives a lavish but emotionally empty life. Riding horses is one of her few joys, and her stable master is secretly in love with her. Told she has a brain tumor by her doctor, Frederick Steele, Judith becomes distraught. After she decides to have surgery to remove the tumor, Judith realizes she is in love with Dr. Steele, but more troubling medical news may sabotage her new relationship, and her second chance at life.

Cast & Crew

Director
Edmund Goulding
  • Profile picture of Bette Davis
    Judith Traherne Bette Davis
  • Profile picture of George Brent
    Dr. Frederick Steele George Brent
  • Profile picture of Humphrey Bogart
    Michael O'Leary Humphrey Bogart
  • Profile picture of Geraldine Fitzgerald
    Ann King Geraldine Fitzgerald
  • Profile picture of Ronald Reagan
    Alec Ronald Reagan
  • Profile picture of Henry Travers
    Dr. Parsons Henry Travers
  • Profile picture of Cora Witherspoon
    Carrie Cora Witherspoon
  • Profile picture of Dorothy Peterson
    Miss Wainwright Dorothy Peterson

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Keywords

  • horseback riding
  • brain tumor
  • female friendship
  • based on play or musical
  • long island, new york
  • socialite
  • doctor patient relationship
  • blindness
  • brain surgery
  • depressing
  • compassionate
  • hopeful