La Vieille Fille (1939)
Philadelphie, 1860. À la veille de la Guerre de Sécession, Delia Lovell a rompu ses fiançailles avec Clem Spender pour épouser le riche Joe Ralston. La cousine de Delia, Charlotte, console l’ancien fiancé. Ils se promettent le mariage à son retour de la guerre. Mais Clem meurt au combat et Charlotte se retrouve seule et enceinte. Le médecin de la famille, le docteur Lanskell, l’envoie accoucher en Arizona pour éviter le scandale. De retour à Philadelphie à la fin des conflits, Charlotte s’occupe d’une école d’orphelins de guerre dans laquelle elle peut élever sa petite Tina sans avoir à subir de questions sur sa fille illégitime. Après la mort accidentelle de son mari, Delia, sachant le secret de Charlotte, lui propose de venir vivre chez elle avec sa fille. Tina en grandissant se rapproche plus en plus de Delia jusqu’à se donner l’illusion que cette dernière est sa mère et que Charlotte est sa tante « vieille fille »...
Directeur:
Edmund Goulding
écrivain:
Casey Robinson
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Bette Davis as Charlotte Lovell |
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Miriam Hopkins as Delia Lovell Ralston |
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George Brent as Clem Spender |
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Donald Crisp as Doctor Lanskell |
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Jane Bryan as Clementina |
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Louise Fazenda as Dora |
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James Stephenson as Jim Ralston |
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Jerome Cowan as Joe Ralston |
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William Lundigan as Lanning Halsey |
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Cecilia Loftus as Grandmother Lovell |
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Rand Brooks as Jim |
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Janet Shaw as Dee |
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William Hopper as John |
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William A. Boardway as Wedding Guest (uncredited) |
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Sidney Bracey as Charles the Butler (uncredited) |
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Marlene Burnett as Tina as a Child (uncredited) |
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Frederick Burton as Mr. Halsey (uncredited) |
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Ricardo Lord Cezon as Little Boy (uncredited) |
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Oliver Cross as Wedding Guest (uncredited) |
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Jack George as First Orchestra Leader / Violinist (uncredited) |
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Sol Gorss as Departing Soldier at Train Station (uncredited) |
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Winifred Harris as Mrs. Halsey (uncredited) |
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Stuart Holmes as Man at Train Station (uncredited) |
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Lois James as Girl (uncredited) |
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Carl M. Leviness as Wedding Guest (uncredited) |
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Doris Lloyd as Miss Ford (uncredited) |
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Richard Neill as Wedding Guest (uncredited) |
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Alexander Pollard as Servant (uncredited) |
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Raymond Rayhill Powell as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) |
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Ellinor Vanderveer as Wedding Guest (uncredited) |
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Florence Wix as Townswoman at Railroad Station (uncredited) |
| Directing | Edmund Goulding | Director |
| Writing | Casey Robinson | Screenplay |
| Writing | Edith Wharton | Novel |
| Writing | Zoë Akins | Theatre Play |
| Production | Hal B. Wallis | Executive Producer |
| Production | Henry Blanke | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Max Steiner | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Tony Gaudio | Director of Photography |
| Editing | George Amy | Editor |
| Art | Robert M. Haas | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Orry-Kelly | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Perc Westmore | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Jack Sullivan | Assistant Director |
| Sound | C.A. Riggs | Sound |
| Sound | Hugo Friedhofer | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Leo F. Forbstein | Music Director |
