What is the name of Bette Davis' 1939 Film?

Answer 1

Actually, she had four (4) films released in 1939. In addition to The Old Maid and Dark Victory, both mentioned below, she also appeared in The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex as Queen Elizabeth I, with Errol Flynn as the younger, impetuous Essex. Her fourth film of 1939 was Juarez, in which she played the mad Empress Carlotta to Brian Aherne's Emperor Maximillian in this historical drama set in mid-19th century Mexico. It was an amazing year for her, with all four performances receiving very good notices. She received her 3rd Academy Award nomination that year for her performance in Dark Victory as Judith Traherne, a reckless socialite suddenly diagnosed with a brain tumor. Since this was a theater question, it might be worth noting that 3 of these 1939 movies were all adapted from stage dramas. Zoe Akins' adaptation of Edith Wharton's The Old Maid had won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1935 and Dark Victory had been a Tallulah Bankhead stage vehicle in the same 34-35 Broadway season. Elizabeth and Essex was inspired by Maxwell Anderson's 1930 verse play, Elizabeth the Queen, but Hollywood rumour relays that Flynn wasn't quite up to the verse, so the screenplay became decidely prosaic, to Miss Davis' chagrin. The Old Maid

Answer 2

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