Now, voyager

Author

Irving Rapper

Call Number

• BLU-RAY DRAMA (CEN)

Edition

Blu-ray 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

1 videodisc (117 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (31 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm)

Audience

Not rated.

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."--Container.

Notes

From the novel by Olive Higgins Prouty.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1942.

Special features: New, restored 4K digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack ; 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.