In Freundschaft verbunden (1943)
Die ambitionierte Schriftstellerin Kit Marlowe hat mit ihrem ersten Buch großen Erfolg. Ihre Freundin Millie findet Kits Buch düster und kompliziert. Sie kündigt an, Liebesromane zu schreiben, die dem Publikumsgeschmack eher entsprechen. Als sie mit ihren naiven Kitschromanen tatsächlich großen kommerziellen Erfolg hat, bricht zwischen den Freundinnen eine unterschwellige Konkurrenz aus, die dank Kits Umsicht und Großherzigkeit nie zum offenen Streit eskaliert. Selbst als Millies Mann Preston nach neun Jahren Ehe genug von seiner oberflächlich, eitel und egoistisch gewordenen Frau hat und sich Kit zuwendet, verzichtet diese, um ihre Freundschaft zu Millie nicht zu gefährden. Nach Kriegsausbruch verliebt Kit sich in den gutaussehenden Offizier Rudd Kendall. Doch da sie zehn Jahre älter ist als er, zögert sie ihre Antwort auf seinen Heiratsantrag so lange hinaus, bis er sich in Deirdre Drake verliebt, die inzwischen erwachsene Tochter ihrer besten Freundin.
Der Regisseur:
Vincent Sherman
Die Autor:
John Van Druten, Lenore J. Coffee.
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Bette Davis as Kit Marlowe |
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Miriam Hopkins as Millie Drake |
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Gig Young as Rudd Kendall |
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John Loder as Preston Drake |
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Dolores Moran as Deirdre Drake |
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Phillip Reed as Lucian Grant |
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Roscoe Karns as Charlie Archer |
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Anne Revere as Belle Carter |
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Esther Dale as Harriet |
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Abigail Adams as College Girl (uncredited) |
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Edward Biby as Garden Room Patron (uncredited) |
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Gordon B. Clarke as Usher at Radio Broadcast (uncredited) |
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Jimmy Conlin as Frank - Photographer (uncredited) |
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Ann Doran as Music Store Saleslady (uncredited) |
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Bess Flowers as Club Patron (uncredited) |
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Sam Harris as Army Major (uncredited) |
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Marjorie Hoshelle as Margaret Kemp - Kit's Fanclub Leader (uncredited) |
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Charles Jordan as Bootlegger Selling Gin (uncredited) |
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Fred Kelsey as Train Conductor / Man at Radio Broadcast (uncredited) |
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Lucille La Marr as College Girl (uncredited) |
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Mike Lally as Nightclub Patron (uncredited) |
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Frank Mayo as Army Officer (uncredited) |
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Frank McLure as Man at Radio Broadcast (uncredited) |
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Jack Mower as Army Officer (uncredited) |
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Kathleen O'Malley as College Girl (uncredited) |
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Harriet Olsen as College Girl (uncredited) |
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Paul Panzer as Train Conductor (uncredited) |
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Virginia Patton as College Girl (uncredited) |
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Alexander Pollard as Bartender (uncredited) |
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Herbert Rawlinson as Red Cross Chairman (uncredited) |
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Ronald R. Rondell as Garden Center Headwaiter (uncredited) |
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Francine Rufo as Deirdre as a Child (uncredited) |
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Timmy Sabor as College Girl (uncredited) |
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Dorothy Schoemer as College Girl (uncredited) |
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Charles Sullivan as Taxi Driver (uncredited) |
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Philip Van Zandt as Hotel Night Manager (uncredited) |
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Frances Ward as College Girl (uncredited) |
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Poppy Wilde as Patron at Garden Center Club (uncredited) |
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Lottie Williams as Millie's Maid at Party (uncredited) |
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Eric Wilton as Waiter (uncredited) |
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Jack Wise as Baggage Man (uncredited) |
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Raoul Freeman as Nightclub Patron (uncredited) |
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Dick Gordon as Restaurant Patron (uncredited) |
| Directing | Vincent Sherman | Director |
| Writing | John Van Druten | Screenplay |
| Writing | Lenore J. Coffee | Screenplay |
| Writing | John Van Druten | Theatre Play |
| Production | Jack L. Warner | Executive Producer |
| Production | Henry Blanke | Producer |
| Sound | Franz Waxman | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Sol Polito | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Orry-Kelly | Costume Design |
| Art | John Hughes | Art Direction |
| Art | Fred M. MacLean | Set Decoration |
| Editing | Terry O. Morse | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Perc Westmore | Makeup Artist |
