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AN AUTHENTIC REGION 1 DVD FROM WARNER BROTHERS. SYNOPSIS: Based on an Edith Wharton novel and Pulitzer Prize-winning play, The Old Maid tells the sad story of Charlotte, a woman whose circumstances force her to give up her illegitimate child and pose as the child's "old maid" aunt, thereby facing a lifetime of maternal sacrifice. As Charlotte, Bette Davis gives one of her most nuanced performances, aging from wide-eyed girl to gray-haired martinet. Miriam Hopkins provides effective counterbalance with her portrayal of Charlotte's effusive cousin, who raises the little girl. Two women, one child - and a brilliant example of melodrama as art. BONUS FEATURES: * Warner Night at the Movies 1939 short subjects gallery: o Vintage newsreel o Technicolor historical short Lincoln in the White House o Howard Hill sports short Sword Fishing o Classic cartoons The Film Fan and Kristopher Kolumbus o Trailers of The Old Maid and 1939's Confessions of a Nazi Spy