Now, Voyager (Bette Davis) Movie (1942)
A frumpy spinster blossoms under therapy and becomes an elegant, independent woman.
Overweight Boston spinster Charlotte is a repressed, self-esteemless woman completely dominated by her wealthy mother, Mrs. Henry Vale. When her sister-in-law Lisa Vale brings her friend Dr. Jaquith, a renowned psychiatrist, to visit Charlotte, he invites her to spend some time in his sanitarium. Soon Charlotte transforms into a sophisticated, confident woman and takes a cruise to South America. She meets married architect Jerry Durrance and they have a love affair in Rio de Janeiro. Six months later she returns home and confronts her mother with her independence. One day they have an argument and her mother has a heart attack and dies. Charlotte inherits the Vale fortune but feels guilty for her mother's death. She decides to return to Dr. Jaquith's sanitarium, where she befriends Jerry's 12-year-old daughter Tina, who has been rejected by her mother. Charlotte takes Tina home to Boston with her and one day Jerry brings Dr. Jaquith to visit them there.
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Storyline
Overweight Boston spinster Charlotte is a repressed, self-esteemless woman completely dominated by her wealthy mother, Mrs. Henry Vale. When her sister-in-law Lisa Vale brings her friend Dr. Jaquith, a renowned psychiatrist, to visit Charlotte, he invites her to spend some time in his sanitarium. Soon Charlotte transforms into a sophisticated, confident woman and takes a cruise to South America. She meets married architect Jerry Durrance and they have a love affair in Rio de Janeiro. Six months later she returns home and confronts her mother with her independence. One day they have an argument and her mother has a heart attack and dies. Charlotte inherits the Vale fortune but feels guilty for her mother's death. She decides to return to Dr. Jaquith's sanitarium, where she befriends Jerry's 12-year-old daughter Tina, who has been rejected by her mother. Charlotte takes Tina home to Boston with her and one day Jerry brings Dr. Jaquith to visit them there.
Details
- Rated: NOT RATED
- Runtime: 1:57 hours
- Genre: Drama, Romance
- Director: Irving Rapper
- Writer: Casey Robinson (screenplay), Olive Higgins Prouty (from the novel by)
- Actors: Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Gladys Cooper
- Language: English, Portuguese
- Country: USA
- Awards: Won 1 Oscar. Another 1 win & 2 nominations
- Production Company: MGM Home Entertainment
- ASIN: B0008ENIKM
- Year Released: 1942
- Release Date: Oct 31, 1942
- DVD Date: Nov 12, 2001
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