Now, Voyager

[Fabrizio2]

Posted: 12/19/07 at 8:22pm

Saw this movie the other night. Fantastic. Beautifully made and the score was marvelous. Bette Davis starred as a disturbed Charlotte Vale who emerges from her mother's despotic household and becomes sophisticated and cultured through her travels. It was full of clever twists and the plotline flowed so well.
Updated On: 12/19/07 at 08:22 PM

[Ariella]

Posted: 12/19/07 at 8:28pm

A favorite of mine.

[nmartin]

Posted: 12/19/07 at 8:32pm

And don't forget the unforgettable music in that movie.
Updated On: 12/19/07 at 08:32 PM

[ahmelie]

Posted: 12/19/07 at 8:33pm

One of Bette's best. I adore that film.

[best12bars]

Posted: 12/19/07 at 8:36pm

And don't forget the brilliant Gladys Cooper in that movie!

[BigFatBlonde]

Posted: 12/19/07 at 8:41pm

Tina (Janis Wilson) is WAYYYYYYYYYYY over the top.. even by 40's melodrama and Bette Davis standards.

Mary Wickes is treature.. and it is fun to see stage actress Ilka Chase.

But for me.. Gladys Cooper steals every scene she is in.

[fflagg]

Posted: 12/19/07 at 8:53pm

Janis Wilson is also her daughter in "Watch on the Rhine."

Great film and cast; Lee Patrick [oh we're just girls gossiping], Mary Wickes [Dora, I suspect you're a treasure], Oscar-nommed Gladys Cooper, and Claude "Dr. Owl" Rains.

[nmartin]

Posted: 12/19/07 at 9:00pm

I had forgotten about Lee Patrick. Claude Rains is beyond praise in everything he ever did.

[Elphaba]

Posted: 12/19/07 at 9:16pm

an absolutely amazing movie. Fab where the heck have you been?

Updated On: 12/19/07 at 09:16 PM

[Fabrizio2]

Posted: 12/19/07 at 9:17pm

I've been at school.

[Elphaba]

Posted: 12/19/07 at 9:21pm

out of the country? or in the US?
You don't have a laptop? I think I forgot you went away to school.

[Fabrizio2]

Posted: 12/19/07 at 9:23pm

No, I just wasn't getting on BWW because I became busy with other things but right now I am on break so I will post I'm sure. In the US.

[Glebb]

Posted: 12/19/07 at 9:39pm

Sounds like a great movie. I'll have to check it out.

[erikaamato]

Posted: 12/19/07 at 9:45pm

Glebb: LOL!

[Elphaba]

Posted: 12/19/07 at 9:55pm

Glebb.....I almost spit up my milk when I read what you wrote!

[broadway86]

Posted: 12/19/07 at 10:10pm

A true classic. One of Davis's best, Claude Rains is sensational (I still haven't gotten over his brilliant, Oscar-worthy work in Mr. Smith), as is Gladys Cooper.

[Fabrizio2]

Posted: 12/19/07 at 10:19pm

Wait I don't see the humor in what Glebb said. Could someone explain?

[Glebb]

Posted: 12/19/07 at 10:37pm

Sorry Fabrizio.
I've just started so many Bette Davis threads that I thought I would try a new approach on yours.
NOW VOYAGER is one of the best and I adore it!
I'm glad it found you. :)

[fflagg]

Posted: 12/19/07 at 10:47pm

JUNE BRIDE is from 1948 and not on DVD. A nice, wry comedy with Mary Wickes, Fay Bainter, a cameo by Debbie Reynolds, Robert Montgomery, and Barbara Bates ["Phoebe" from "All about Eve].

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 12/20/07 at 12:29am

I've got this hyper-butch retired military boyfriend. Imagine my shock when I met him to find out that his favorite movie is "Now, Voyager," which I had never seen until he insisted I watch it.

Since then, whenever we go on vacation, one of us always says to the other, "Sit down, Charlotte, and write something to someone."

[Roscoe]

Posted: 12/20/07 at 12:35am

LOVE this film. Think Cruel Sandwich has ever even heard of it?

[Glebb]

Posted: 12/20/07 at 12:41am

"We are hardly commercial passengers."

[Roscoe]

Posted: 12/20/07 at 12:50am

"She locks her door, doctor. Make a note of it."

[broadway86]

Posted: 12/20/07 at 11:01am

and Barbara Bates ["Phoebe" from "All about Eve].

I call myself Phoebe...