Now, Voyager
- Director: Irving Rapper
- Writer: Casey Robinson; Olive Higgins Prouty
- Producer: Hal B. Wallis
CGiii Comment
The divine Miss Davis...has an epiphany.
You will be glued to your seat.
Classic.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Charlotte Vale had never been out from under the domination of her matronly mother, until she enters a sanitarium. Transformed into elegant, independent woman, Charlotte begins to blossom as an individual. On a cruise to South America, she meets and falls in love for the first time with a man named Jerry. for the first time, but the affair is brief, as Jerry's married. Upon her return, Charlotte confronts her mother, who dies of a heart attack. Guilt-ridden and despondent, Charlotte returns to the sanitarium, where she meets Tina. a depressed young woman who begins to find happiness with her new friend, Charlotte. The connection these 2 share is more than friendship, as Tina's Jerry's daughter. Through her friendship with Charlotte, Tina finds happiness, and the pair go back to Charlotte's home in Boston. When Jerry sees how happy his daughter is, he leaves her with Charlotte. What about marriage for Charlotte and Jerry? "Don't ask for the moon when we have the stars."
Cast & Characters
Bette Davis as Charlotte Vale;
Paul Henreid as Jerry Durrance;
Claude Rains as Dr. Jaquith;
Gladys Cooper as Mrs. Henry Vale;
Bonita Granville as June Vale;
John Loder as Elliot Livingston;
Ilka Chase as Lisa Vale;
Lee Patrick as 'Deb' McIntyre;
Franklin Pangborn as Mr. Thompson;
Katharine Alexander as Miss Trask;
James Rennie as Frank McIntyre;
Mary Wickes as Dora Pickford;
Tod Andrews as Dr. Dan Regan;
Brooks Benedict as Party Guest;
David Clyde as William