""I know what every woman expects from love ...AND WHAT SHE ACCEPTS IF SHE IS WISE!""

1943

1h 50m

7.0(34 votes)

Drama

Overview

Two writers, friends since childhood, fight over their books and lives.

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43 members

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Bette Davis

Kit Marlowe

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Miriam Hopkins

Millie Drake

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Gig Young

Rudd Kendall

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John Loder

Preston Drake

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Dolores Moran

Deirdre Drake

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Phillip Reed

Lucian Grant

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Roscoe Karns

Charlie Archer

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Anne Revere

Belle Carter

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Esther Dale

Harriet

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Abigail Adams

College Girl (uncredited)

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Edward Biby

Garden Room Patron (uncredited)

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Gordon B. Clarke

Usher at Radio Broadcast (uncredited)

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Jimmy Conlin

Frank - Photographer (uncredited)

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Ann Doran

Music Store Saleslady (uncredited)

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Bess Flowers

Club Patron (uncredited)

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Sam Harris

Army Major (uncredited)

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Marjorie Hoshelle

Margaret Kemp - Kit's Fanclub Leader (uncredited)

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Charles Jordan

Bootlegger Selling Gin (uncredited)

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Fred Kelsey

Train Conductor / Man at Radio Broadcast (uncredited)

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Lucille La Marr

College Girl (uncredited)

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Mike Lally

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

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Frank Mayo

Army Officer (uncredited)

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Frank McLure

Man at Radio Broadcast (uncredited)

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Jack Mower

Army Officer (uncredited)

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Kathleen O'Malley

College Girl (uncredited)

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Harriet Olsen

College Girl (uncredited)

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Paul Panzer

Train Conductor (uncredited)

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Virginia Patton

College Girl (uncredited)

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Alexander Pollard

Bartender (uncredited)

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Herbert Rawlinson

Red Cross Chairman (uncredited)

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Ronald R. Rondell

Garden Center Headwaiter (uncredited)

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Francine Rufo

Deirdre as a Child (uncredited)

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Timmy Sabor

College Girl (uncredited)

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Dorothy Schoemer

College Girl (uncredited)

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Charles Sullivan

Taxi Driver (uncredited)

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Philip Van Zandt

Hotel Night Manager (uncredited)

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Frances Ward

College Girl (uncredited)

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Poppy Wilde

Patron at Garden Center Club (uncredited)

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Lottie Williams

Millie's Maid at Party (uncredited)

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Eric Wilton

Waiter (uncredited)

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Jack Wise

Baggage Man (uncredited)

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Raoul Freeman

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

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Dick Gordon

Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

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