Now, voyager /
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 footi...
| Uniform Title: | Now, voyager (Motion picture) |
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| Corporate Authors: | , |
| Other Authors: | , , , , |
| Format: | Video Blu-ray Disc |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH). |
| Published: |
[Place of publication not identified] :
The Criterion Collection,
[2019]
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| Edition: | Blu-ray special ed. |
| Series: | Criterion collection ;
1004. |
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| 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. 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? |
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| Item Description: | Title from container. Originally released as a motion picture in 1942. Based on the novel by Olive Higgins Prouty. Special features: Episode of The Dick Cavett Show from 1971 with actor Bette Davis; interview with Paul Henreid from 1980; selected-scene commentary on the film's score by professor 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; essay by scholar Patricia White and a 1937 reflection on acting by Davis. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (117 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (31 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm) |
| Format: | Blu-ray; 1.37:1 aspect ratio; monaural; requires Blu-ray player. |
| Audience: | Rating: Not rated. |
| Production Credits: | Director of photography, Sok Polito ; film editor, Warren Low ; music, Max Steiner. |
| ISBN: | 9781681436623 1681436620 |