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DVD Release Date
• R1: May 15, 2001
Running Time
1 hour, 23 minutes
Country USA
Studio RKO Pictures
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Other Titles
• Of Human Bondage
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Genre: Drama, Suspense, Tear Jerker, Infidelity, Love, Doctor, Betrayal, Love Triangle
Tagline: The Love That Lifted a Man to Paradise......and Hurled Him Back to Earth Again
Plot: John Cromwell (THE PRISONER OF ZENDA, THE GODDESS) brings W. Somerset Maugham’s novel and Bette Davis’s career to life with the spellbinding drama OF HUMAN BONDAGE. Having unsuccessfully tried his hand at painting in Paris, Philip Carey (Leslie Howard) returns home to London. Despite his clubfoot, Philip overcomes his awkwardness and pursues a medical career. Still in medical school, he becomes obsessed with a gruff Cockney waitress, Mildred Rogers (Davis), intent on taking him for all he is worth. When Carey discovers that she is dating other men, he attempts to forget her by striking up a relationship with another woman. The effort fails when Mildred returns to tell Carey she is pregnant. Mildred repeatedly leaves Carey in distress but returns to him when she needs money. Eventually, his devotion to her threatens his career ambitions and his chance for future happiness. Davis is spectacular as the repulsive Mildred, while Howard’s quiet, suffering gentleman furthered his own reputation as an outstanding performer.
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| Directed by |
John Cromwell
The Prisoner of Zenda, Since You Went Away, Dead Reckoning |
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| Cast |
Bette Davis
All About Eve, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, Death on the Nile |
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Gone with the Wind, The Petrified Forest, Pygmalion | Frances Dee
Little Women, I Walked with a Zombie, Payment on Demand | | | Alan Hale
It Happened One Night, The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Sea Hawk | | |
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| Music By |
Max Steiner
Casablanca, Gone with the Wind, Arsenic and Old Lace |
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