Il grande amore

Titolo originale: The Old Maid
Regia: Edmund Goulding |
Anno: 1939
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Dramma
Tag: philadelphia, pennsylvania | based on novel or book | brother | orphanage | romantic rivalry | american civil war | illegitimate child | 19th century | old maid |
Cast: Bette Davis | Miriam Hopkins | George Brent | Donald Crisp | Jane Bryan | Louise Fazenda | James Stephenson | Jerome Cowan | William Lundigan | Cecilia Loftus | Rand Brooks | Janet Shaw | William Hopper | William A. Boardway | Sidney Bracey | Marlene Burnett | Frederick Burton | Ricardo Lord Cezon | Oliver Cross | Jack George | Sol Gorss | Winifred Harris | Stuart Holmes | Lois James | Carl M. Leviness | Doris Lloyd | Richard Neill | Alexander Pollard | Raymond Rayhill Powell | Ellinor Vanderveer | Florence Wix |

Ai tempi della Guerra Civile due cugine amano lo stesso uomo che purtroppo morirà durante la guerra. Al termine, una delle due si ritrova con una figlia illegittima, l'altra la soccorrerà adottando la piccola, e la vera madre si rassegnerà a fare la zia...

Frasi

Charlotte Lovell: She thinks I can't understand he [...] D
Clem Spender: I'll be leaving, immediately. Charl [...] D
Charlotte Lovell: A woman never stops thinking of [...] D
Delia Lovell Ralston: Dr. Lanskell? Come here a mo [...] D
Delia Lovell Ralston: If it's not to be Lanning, t [...] D
Delia Lovell Ralston: Charlotte, how could you? C [...] D
Tina: Lanning, this is very wicked of us! Lanning [...] D
Joe Ralston: You said when you came in here that C [...] D
Charlotte Lovell: If I could do anything... Clem [...] D
Charlotte Lovell: I must tell Joe the truth. Deli [...] D
Charlotte Lovell: I will not give up my own baby. [...] D
Dr. Lanskell: Well, then shoot the whole bunch of [...] D
Delia Lovell Ralston: Charlotte isn't entering int [...] D
Dr. Lanskell: Your prayers have been answered. You [...] D
Clem Spender: Poor Delia, condemned to a life of e [...] D
Charlotte Lovell: Oh, naughty Granny! D
Delia Lovell Ralston: Let me look at you. My own d [...] D
Charlotte Lovell: The carriage is ready. The horse [...] D
Delia Lovell: Don't hold my marriage to Jim agains [...] D
Delia Lovell Ralston: You are wicked, Charlotte. Y [...] D
Delia Lovell Ralston: Now, why don't you let me sl [...] D
Charlotte Lovell: Come on, have a cup of tea, Mrs. [...] D
Delia Lovell: You can't go. Like that. Downtown. T [...] D
Clem Spender: Don't you know what there could be f [...] D
Delia Lovell Ralston: Go to your room, Tina. Tina [...] D
Dr. Lanskell: You know, Delia, she's really too ha [...] D
Delia Lovell Ralston: Oh, they go out to play and [...] D
Charlotte Lovell: Dora, why are you standing there [...] D
Dr. Lanskell: Memories have a way of inviting them [...] D
Charlotte Lovell: Sweet Granny! Are you scheming a [...] D
Delia Lovell: Something old and something new. Wel [...] D
Tina: Come in, Mommy. Oh, it's you, Aunt Charlotte [...] D
Clem Spender: Behave like a gentleman, huh? I'll b [...] D
Charlotte Lovell: Don't laugh at me. Clem Spender [...] D
Tina: Aunt Charlotte, wait a minute. You see what [...] D