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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)
Charles Drake
Leslie Trotter (uncredited)
Claire Du Brey
Hilda (uncredited)
Elspeth Dudgeon
Aunt Hester (uncredited)
Bill Edwards
Ship's Passenger (uncredited)
Mary Field
Ship's Passenger (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Concert Audience Member (uncredited)
George Lessey
Uncle Herbert (uncredited)
Tempe Pigott
Mrs. Smith (uncredited)
Frank Puglia
Giuseppe (uncredited)
Constance Purdy
Rosa (uncredited)
Janis Wilson
Christine 'Tina' Durrance (uncredited)
Ian Wolfe
Lloyd (uncredited)

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Sun Jun 26 2022

Bette Davis at her best took some beating, and here is one such an example. Together with expertly delivered performances from Claude Rains and Gladys Cooper we are presented with an emotional roller-coaster of a film. Davis starts as the hen-pecked daughter of Cooper, until she encounters Rains' "Dr. Jaquith" who decides that he may be able to help this erstwhile shy spinster find herself a little purpose in life. She is despatched on a cruise liner where she meets the married "Jerry" (Paul Henried) and though there is a semblance of a romance, it can come to nothing and it is only after a lon...