DVD
Now, voyager
Call Number
- DVD DRAMA (CEN)
Edition
Two-DVD special edition.
Languages
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Performers
Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Gladys Cooper, Bonita Granville, Ilka Chase.
Publication Information
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2019]
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (117 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (31 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)
Audience
Not rated.
Uniform Title
Summary
Nervous spinster Charlotte Vale is stunted from growing up under the heel of her puritanical Boston Brahmin mother, and remains convinced of her own unworthiness until a kindly psychiatrist gives her the confidence to venture out into the world on a South American cruise. On board, she finds her footing with the help of an unhappily married man. Their thwarted love affair may help Charlotte break free of her mother's grip--but will she find fulfillment as well as independence? Made at the height of Davis's reign as the queen of the woman's picture and bolstered by an Oscar-winning Max Steiner score, Now, Voyager is a melodrama for the ages, both a rapturous Hollywood romance and a poignant saga of self-discovery.
Notes
From the novel by Olive Higgins Prouty.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1942.
Special features: New, restored 4K digital transfer ; 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.