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Actors: Bette Davis, George Brent, Humphrey Bogart, Geraldine Fitzgerald
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Dark Victory |
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Judith Traherne is a carefree, wealthy young woman who keeps getting terrible headaches and numbness in her fingers. She's finally persuaded to go see a doctor. Dr. Steele finds that she has a tumor and he needs to operate. Unfortunately, the operation doesn't work. Dr. Steele tells Judith's friend, Ann, that Judith will seem perfectly fine for months until she relapses. Dr. Steele decides to keep the news from Judith, because he's fallen in love with her and wants her last months to be happy. Judith has a new lease on life after the operation, and has also fallen in love with Dr. Steele. They decide to marry. But, she accidentally discovers the truth about her prognosis. Dr. Steele tells her that she should try to make her life meaningful so that it won't be wasted when she has to die. Judith is too betrayed by the fact that he kept it a secret. She goes off on a wild spree of drinking and partying. She realizes that she's scared, and that this is no way to live her life. She marries Dr. Steele. She makes him promise to keep on going after her death, and to try and find a way to save others as his own personal victory over her death.
--Angela Tircuit, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Dark Victory |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Inner struggle or disability
Yes
Brain/Body not working?
- dying
Lover is...
- physically ill or deformed
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- simply wealthy
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- blonde
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn curly
Body type
- (woman) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- (man) average build
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 80%
Setting
United States
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Check here if B&W
Yes
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