Now, voyager. Dark victory. Old acquaintance. Jezebel.
Notes:
Title from container. Disc 1 - Now, voyager: Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Gladys Cooper, Bonita Granville, Ilka Chase. Disc 2 - Dark victory: Bette Davis, George Brent, Humphrey Bogart, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Cora Witherspoon, Ronald Reagan, Henry Travers. Disc 3 - Old acquaintance: Bette Davis, Miriam Hopkins, Gig Young, John Loder, Dolores Moran. Disc 4 - Jezebel: Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, George Brent, Margaret Lindsay, Donald Crisp, Fay Bainter, Richard Cromwell, Henry O'Neill, Spring Byington, John Litel. Now, voyager based on the novel by Olive Higgins Prouty. Dark victory based on the play by George Emerson Brewer, Jr. and Bertram Bloch. Old acquaintance based on the stage play by John van Druten. Jezebel based on the play by Owen Davis, Sr. Special features: Now, voyager: scoring session music cues; cast career highlights; theatrical trailer; Dark victory: commentary by historian James Ursini and CNN film critic Paul Clinton; 1939: tough competition for Dark victory featurette; theatrical trailer; Old acquaintance: commentary by director Vincent Sherman and Bette Davis speaks author Boze Hadleigh; Old acquaintance: a classic woman's picture featurette; Stars on horseback vintage short; Fin'n Catty cartoon; theatrical trailer; Jezebel: commentary by historian Jeanine Basinger; Jezebel: legend of the South featurette; Melody masters: Jimmy Dorsey and his orchestra musical short; The mice will play cartoon; theatrical trailer.
Contents:
disc 1. side A. Now, voyager (1942, 118 min.) ; side B. Dark victory (1939, 104 min.) -- disc 2. side A. Old acquaintance (1943, 110 min.) ; side B. Jezebel (1938, 103 min.).
Summary:
Now, voyager: A young woman escapes the smothering influence of her wealthy and very conservative mother through the help of a psychiatrist and an ocean cruise where she finds love, helping her to become her own person. Dark victory: The life of a fast-moving Long Island socialite skids to a stop when she discovers that she has less than a year to live. Old acquaintance: Old friends Kit Marlowe and Millie Drake adopt contrasting lifestyles: Kit is a single, critically acclaimed author while married Millie writes popular pulp novels. Jezebel: A haughty headstrong Southern Belle in antebellum Louisiana loses her fiance due to her stubborn vanity and pride and vows to get him back.
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