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The Old Maid

7.4

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Original title

The Old Maid

Year

1939

Running time

95 min.

Country

United States

Director

Edmund Goulding

Screenwriter

Casey Robinson, Zoe Akins. Novel: Edith Wharton

Cast

Music

Max Steiner

Cinematography

Tony Gaudio (B&W)

Producer

Warner Bros.

Genre

Drama

Movie Groups

Edith Wharton Adaptations

Synopsis

Delia marries Jim, not Joe After Delia breaks her engagement to Clem and marries Jim, Clem promises to marry Delia's cousin Charlotte, but he dies at the battle of Vicksburg leaving Charlotte an unwed mother. She and her daughter Tina, presumably an orphan, move in with Delia who legally adopts the girl. Charlotte watches her daughter grow up and get married, never able to claim her as her own. CORRECTION; Delia breaks her engagement to Clem, in favor of wealthy Jim. Cousin Charlotte comforts Clem, and becomes pregnant. Clem dies in the war before he can marry her, and Charlotte raises her daughter as a "foundling." When Jim's brother, Joe, falls in love with Charlotte, Delia, out of spiteful jealousy, destroys the forthcoming wedding, and eventually takes Charlotte's child from her.

Rankings Position

#70 Best Movies of the '30s

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The Old Maid

1939

Edmund Goulding

7.4

(842)