A woman suffers a nervous breakdown and an oppressive mother before being freed by the love of a man she meets on a cruise.
Acting
Bette Davis's transformation from frump to femme fatale.
Cinematography
Glamorous shadows that invented the 'glow up' montage.
Costume
Orry-Kelly's gowns do half the acting.
Director
Irving Rapper
Bette Davis
Charlotte Vale
Paul Henreid
Jeremiah 'Jerry' Duvaux Durrance
Claude Rains
Dr. Jaquith
Gladys Cooper
Mrs. Henry Vale
Bonita Granville
June Vale
John Loder
Elliot Livingston
Ilka Chase
Lisa Vale
Lee Patrick
Deb McIntyre
Franklin Pangborn
Mr. Thompson
Katharine Alexander
Miss Trask
James Rennie
Frank McIntyre
Mary Wickes
Dora Pickford
Tod Andrews
Dr. Dan Regan (uncredited)
Brooks Benedict
Party Guest (uncredited)
Yola d'Avril
Celestine (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The double-cigarette lighting scene became so iconic that Paul Henreid spent his later career recreating it at dinner parties.
This film essentially created the 'woman transforms through travel and questionable romance' genre that Eat Pray Love inherited.
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