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The Old Maid (1939)
New Spin on an Old Maid
10 February 2003 - 27 out of 33 users found this review helpful.
This film would be just another period melodrama: over-scored,sugar-coated, and glossy-slick (especially for a Warners' film) -- except for two things: Bette Davis and Bette Davis.
Bette is truly a revelation in this film, which required her to age twenty years in the flesh but many more than that in spirit - as she turned from a fresh, extremely sympathetic young girl to an "old maid" of forty or so, a bitter, intimidating woman.
Her ability to integrate completely disparate human traits into one cohesive character is amazing - a must see.
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