Dark Victory

About Dark Victory

Socialite Judith Traherne lives a lavish but emotionally empty life. Riding horses is one of her few joys, and her stable master is secretly in love with her.

Dark Victory is a 1939 romance film directed by Edmund Goulding. At 104 minutes long, it arrived in April 1939.

Its themes are hopeful, depressing, compassionate, and blindness. The story is adapted from a stage production.

Bette Davis appears as Judith Traherne, George Brent as Dr. Frederick Steele, Humphrey Bogart as Michael O'Leary, and Geraldine Fitzgerald as Ann King. The screenplay is by Casey Robinson. It streams on TCM in the United States.

Steel Magnolias, Inside Out, and The Hunger Games make useful companions to Dark Victory, all filed under female friendship and based on play or musical. TMDB voters put it at 7.0 out of 10 across 168 votes and it carries a NR rating.