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Title:Of Human Bondage


Date: 1934
Type: Drama
Rating: 4 Stars 4/5
Colour: Black and White
Director: John Cromwell
Producer: Pandro Berman

Comment
Leslie Howard is an aspiring artist with a club foot who is told he does not have the talent to make a living as an artist so he becomes a medical student. He meets Bette Midler who is a local waitress and falls in love with her. Their relationship is stormy as she leaves and returns to him on several occasions.This is the film that made Bette Davis an international star and her first Oscar nomination.

Actors

Leslie HowardLeslie Howard
Bette DavisBette Davis
Frances DeeFrances Dee
Eleanor ParkerEleanor Parker
Kay JohnsonKay Johnson
Reginald DennyReginald Denny
Alan Hale SrAlan Hale Sr
Reginald Sheffield
Reginald OwenReginald Owen
Desmond Roberts

Oscars

Nomination - Best Actress - Bette Davis
Novel

W Somerset Maugham
Music
Max Steiner
Of Human Bondage