Old Acquaintance (1943)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.6/10   

Director:

Vincent Sherman

Writers:

John Van Druten (play)
John Van Druten (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

27 noviembre 1943 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Plot:

Old friends Kit Marlowe and Millie Drake adopt contrasting lifestyles: Kit is a single, critically acclaimed author while married Millie writes popular pulp novels.

Plot Keywords:

Success | Three Handkerchief Picture | Melodrama | Husband Wife Relationship | Love Triangle

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Soap opera supreme.

Cast

Bette Davis	...	Kit Marlowe
Miriam Hopkins	...	Millie Drake
Gig Young	...	Rudd Kendall
John Loder	...	Preston Drake
Dolores Moran	...	Deirdre Drake
Phillip Reed	...	Lucian Grant (as Philip Reed)
Roscoe Karns	...	Charlie Archer
Anne Revere	...	Belle Carter
Esther Dale	...	Harriet

También conocida como:

Vieja amiga, Una (Venezuela) [es]

Duración:

110 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Clasificación:

Finland:S | Sweden:15 | USA:Approved (certificate #9000) | Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivialidades:

In one scene, an enraged Millie refers to Kit as "Jezebel!" This was the title of Bette Davis' blockbuster hit five years before this movie (Jezebel (1938)).

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: As the group of college girls drive Kit away, Millie turns her head and calls out Kit's name but her lips do not move.

Quotes:

Kit Marlowe: Cheer up, there's always what's left of the ice.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Stardust: The Bette Davis Story (2006) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes

Soap opera supreme.

Bette Davis and Miriam Hopkins, the stars of the classic 1939 film THE OLD MAID, reunite for this tale which spans twenty years in the love/hate relationship of two female friends who become competitive not only professionally, but in their personal lives as well. This one is a real dandy. Davis is her inimitably intense self, and she's matched all the way by the great Miriam Hopkins who was at her peak on-screen in the '30's. While this is often referred to as Davis' picture, Miriam holds her own. These ladies are truly two of the finest actresses to ever grace the Hollywood screen and deliver Oscar-caliber performances. The confrontation scene where Davis shakes the living daylights out of Hopkins is a high example of art imitating life because Davis and Hopkins weren't exactly the best of friends in real-life either. For some reason, this gem has never been released to video, but naturally the dreadful remake with Candice Bergen and Jacqueline Bissett(RICH AND FAMOUS) has.