Now, Voyager [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Now, Voyager [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

 Cast: Bette Davis
Bette Davis
, Paul Henreid
Paul Henreid
, Claude Rains
Claude Rains
, Gladys Cooper
Gladys Cooper
, Bonita Granville
Bonita Granville
Now, Voyager [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Now, Voyager [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

 Cast: Bette Davis
Bette Davis
, Paul Henreid
Paul Henreid
, Claude Rains
Claude Rains
, Gladys Cooper
Gladys Cooper
, Bonita Granville
Bonita Granville

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Overview

Olive Higgins Prouty's popular novel was transformed into nearly two hours of high-grade soap opera by several masters of the trade: Warner Bros., Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, director Irving Rapper, and screenwriter Casey Robinson. Davis plays repressed Charlotte Vale, dying on the vine thanks to her domineering mother (Gladys Cooper). All-knowing psychiatrist Dr. Jaquith (Claude Rains) urges Charlotte to make several radical changes in her life, quoting Walt Whitman: "Now voyager sail thou forth to seek and find." Slowly, Charlotte emerges from her cocoon of tight hairdos and severe clothing to blossom into a gorgeous fashion plate. While on a long ocean voyage, she falls in love with Jerry Durrance (Henreid), who is trapped in a loveless marriage. After kicking over the last of her traces at home, Charlotte selflessly becomes a surrogate mother to Jerry's emotionally disturbed daughter (a curiously uncredited Janis Wilson), who is on the verge of becoming the hysterical wallflower that Charlotte once was. An interim romance with another man (John Loder) fails to drive Jerry from Charlotte's mind. The film ends ambiguously; Jerry is still married, without much chance of being divorced from his troublesome wife, but the newly self-confident Charlotte is willing to wait forever if need be. "Don't ask for the moon," murmurs Charlotte as Max Steiner's romantic music reaches a crescendo, "we have the stars." In addition to this famous line, Now, Voyager also features the legendary "two cigarettes" bit, in which Jerry places two symbolic cigarettes between his lips, lights them both, and hands one to Charlotte. The routine would be endlessly lampooned in subsequent films, once by Henreid himself in the satirical sword-and-sandal epic Siren of Baghdad (1953).

Product Details

Release Date: 11/26/2019
UPC: 0715515237918
Original Release: 1942
Rating: NR
Source: Criterion Collection
Region Code: A
Presentation: [B&W]
Sound: [Dolby Digital Mono]
Language: English
Time: 1:57:00
Sales rank: 10,681

Special Features

SDH Subtitles Episode of The Dick Cavett Show from 1971 featuring actor Bette Davis Interview with actor Paul Henreid from 1980 New selected-scene commentary on the film's score by scholar Jeff Smith New interview with film critic Farran Smith Nehme on the making of the film New interview with costume historian Larry McQueen Two radio adaptations from 1943 and 1946

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Bette Davis Charlotte Vale
Paul Henreid Jerry Durrance
Claude Rains Dr. Jaquith
Gladys Cooper Sra. Henry Vale
Bonita Granville June Vale
John Loder Elliott Livingston
Ilka Chase Lisa Vale
Lee Patrick `Deb' McIntyre
James Rennie Frank McIntyre
Charles Drake Leslie Trotter
Katherine Alexander Miss Trask
Janis Wilson Tina Durrance
Mary Wickes Dora Pickford
Tod Andrews Dr. Dan Regan
Franklin Pangborn Mr. Thompson
David Clyde William
Claire DuBrey Hilda
Don Douglas George Weston
Charlotte Wynters Grace Weston
Frank Puglia Manoel
Lester Matthews Captain
Mary Field Passenger
Bill Edwards Passenger
Isabel Withers Passenger
Frank Dae Passenger
Hilda Plowright Justine
Tempe Pigott Mrs. Smith
Ian Wolfe Lloyd
Reed Hadley Henry Montague
Elspeth Dudgeon Aunt Hester
Constance Purdy Rosa
George Lessey Uncle Herbert
Corbet Morris Hilary
Yola D'Avril Celestine
Georges Renavent Mons. Henri
Dorothy Vaughan Woman
Sheila Hayward Katie
Hamilton Hunneker Bill Kennedy
Bill Kennedy Hamilton Hunneker
Tempe Piggott Mrs. Smith
Max Steiner Composer

Technical Credits
Irving Rapper Director
Casey Robinson Screenwriter
Hal B. Wallis Producer
Willard Van Enger Special Effects,Special Effects
Robert B. Lee Sound/Sound Designer
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