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The Old Maid

The Old Maid
★ 7.1/10•1939•1h 35m•NR•Drama

Vividly, unforgettably, a woman's love starved soul is revealed. All those strange secrets she locks in her heart ... moments of rapture and of heartbreak ... longings that no man can fathom. Of these has the year's finest picture been woven!

The lives of two cousins are complicated by the return of an ex-boyfriend and an illegitimate child.

Edmund Goulding · Director

Casey Robinson · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 35m
LanguageEN
Release DateAug 16, 1939

Actors

Bette Davis

Bette Davis

Charlotte Lovell

Miriam Hopkins

Miriam Hopkins

Delia Lovell Ralston

George Brent

George Brent

Clem Spender

Donald Crisp

Donald Crisp

Doctor Lanskell

Jane Bryan

Jane Bryan

Clementina

Louise Fazenda

Louise Fazenda

Dora

James Stephenson

James Stephenson

Jim Ralston

Jerome Cowan

Jerome Cowan

Joe Ralston

William Lundigan

William Lundigan

Lanning Halsey

Cecilia Loftus

Cecilia Loftus

Grandmother Lovell

Rand Brooks

Rand Brooks

Jim

Janet Shaw

Janet Shaw

Dee

William Hopper

William Hopper

John

William A. Boardway

Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Sidney Bracey

Sidney Bracey

Charles the Butler (uncredited)

Marlene Burnett

Tina as a Child (uncredited)

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