Now, Voyager

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“Don’t let’s ask for the moon; we have the stars.” One of the great Bette Davis’ most iconic classics, the gorgeous, Oscar-winning Now, Voyager remains an emotionally-charged, swoon-inducing romance. Nervous spinster Charlotte Vale (Davis, in an unforgettable, Oscar-nominated performance) is stunted from growing up under the heel of her puritanical Boston Brahmin mother (Gladys Cooper), and remains convinced of her own unworthiness until a kindly psychiatrist (Claude Rains) gives her the confidence to venture out into the world on a South American cruise. On board, she finds her footing with the help of an unhappily married man (Paul Henreid). Their thwarted love affair may help Charlotte break free of her mother’s grip—but will she find fulfillment as well as independence? Made at the height of Davis’s reign as the queen of the “Woman’s Picture” and bolstered by an Oscar-winning Max Steiner score, Now, Voyager is a melodrama for the ages, both a rapturous Hollywood romance and a poignant saga of self-discovery. (Dir. by Irving Rapper, 1942, USA, 117 mins., Not Rated)