Now, Voyager: A tender love story, a taut psychological drama, an inspiring tale of physical and spiritual transformation. Now, Voyager is all three, as well as a Bette Davis career milestone. She magically plays Charlotte Vale, a spinster who defies her domineering mother to discover love, heartbreak and eventual contentment.More magic is generated by a top-notch ensemble, Max Steiner's score and an improvised moment by Paul Henreid that became an instant classic: he lights two cigarettes at once and hands one to Davis. For the ultimate in romantic melodrama, it's Now Voyager now, then and forever.
The Letter: Bette Davis stars as a wife, liar, adulterer and murderer who convinces everyone she is actually a victim ... until the truth is revealed in The Letter. On a steamy, moonlit Malaysian night, Leslie Crosbie (Davis) repeatedly shoots Geoffrey Hammond. Leslie claims she was defending herself and her honor from a drunken Hammond, a story accepted by her husband, Robert (Herbert Marshall), and her attorney(James Stephenson). Even as Hammond's widow (Gale Sondergaard) presents a letter proving adultery, Robert forgives Leslie and pays the blackmail. One way or another, however, a woman as shamelessly evil as Leslie Crosbie will receive justice in this classic drama.