The Old Maid

"Vividly, unforgettably, a woman's love starved soul is revealed. All those strange secrets she locks in her heart ... moments of rapture and of heartbreak ... longings that no man can fathom. Of these has the year's finest picture been woven!"

Sep 2 1939 Approved 1h 35m
Drama

The lives of two cousins are complicated by the return of an ex-boyfriend and an illegitimate child.

Plot

After a two-year absence, Clem Spender returns home on the very day that his former fiancée, Delia, is marrying another man. Clem enlists in the Union army and dies on the battlefield, but not before finding comfort in the arms of Delia's cousin, Charlotte Lovell. The years pass and Charlotte establishes an orphanage and eventually confesses to Delia that her dearest young charge, Tina, is an fact her own child by Clem. Jealousy and family secrets threaten to tear the cousins apart.

Written by

Casey Robinson, Zoe Akins, Edith Wharton

Directed by

Edmund Goulding

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

1 win total

Scores
# of Votes
4,277
Average Rating
7.4 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA