TY - ADVS AU - Rapper,Irving AU - Robinson,Casey AU - Wallis,Hal B. AU - Davis,Bette AU - Henreid,Paul AU - Cooper,Gladys AU - Granville,Bonita AU - Loder,John AU - Chase,Ilka AU - Wickes,Mary AU - Steiner,Max AU - Prouty,Olive Higgins ED - First National Pictures, Inc., ED - Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967), ED - Criterion Collection (Firm), TI - Now, voyager T2 - The Criterion collection SN - 9781681436630 PY - 2019///] CY - [New York, N.Y.] PB - The Criterion Collection KW - Mothers and daughters KW - Drama KW - Single women KW - Man-woman relationships KW - Self-acceptance KW - Identity (Psychology) KW - Romance films KW - lcgft KW - Film adaptations KW - Feature films KW - Fiction films N1 - Title and credits from screen; Based on the novel by Olive Higgins Prouty; Originally released as a motion picture in 1942; Aspect ratio 1.37:1; Special features on disc one: new, restored 4K digital transfer; episode of The Dick Cavett Show from 1971 featuring actor Bette Davis -- on disc two: 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 -- booklet: an essay by scholar Patricia White and a 1937 reflection on acting by Davis; disc one. [Feature film; special features] -- disc two. [Special features]; Director of photography, Sok Polito ; film editor, Warren Low ; music, Max Steiner; Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Gladys Cooper, Bonita Granville, John Loder, Ilka Chase, Mary Wickes; Rating: Not rated N2 - 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. Onboard, 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? ER -