Now, Voyager (1942) : Classic Movie Hub (CMH)

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Now, Voyager (1942)
Director(s)	Irving Rapper
Producer(s)	Hal B. Wallis
Top Genres	Drama, Film Adaptation, Romance
Top Topics	Book-Based, Boston, Cruises, Father Daughter, Mistaken Identity, Mother Daughter, Psychotherapy, Romance

Featured Cast:

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Bette Davis
(as Charlotte Vale)

Paul Henreid
(as Jerry Durrance)

Now, Voyager Overview:

Now, Voyager (1942) was a Drama - Romance Film directed by Irving Rapper and produced by Hal B. Wallis.

The film was based on the novel of the same name written by Olive Higgins Prouty published in 1941.

SYNOPSIS

"Now, Voyager, sail forth to seek and find." Rains is a psychiatrist who quotes this line from Walt Whitman to inspire the repressed Davis. Soon, the shy, sheltered spinster is brought out of her shell and falls in love with a handsome, suave Henreid, though she knows he will never leave his wife. Through years of trials, their love endures and she becomes a surrogate mother to Henreid's daughter (Wilson). The quintessential Hollywood tear-jerker, with a lush Steiner score.

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Now, Voyager was inducted into the National Film Registry in 2007.

Academy Awards 1942 --- Ceremony Number 15 (source: AMPAS)

Award	Recipient	Result
Best Actress	Bette Davis	Nominated
Best Supporting Actress	Gladys Cooper	Nominated
Best Music - Scoring	Max Steiner	Won

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Quotes from Now, Voyager

Charlotte: Dora, I suspect you're a treasure.

Mrs. Henry Windle Vale: No member of the Vale family has ever had a nervous breakdown.
Dr. Jasquith: Well there's one having one now.

Jerry: Are you one of the Vales of Boston?
Charlotte: One of the lesser ones.

Facts about Now, Voyager

The comic scenes in which Giuseppe ('Frank Pugli'), the cab driver, drives Charlotte (Bette Davis) and Jerry (Paul Henreid) up Sugar Loaf in Rio are effective because Giuseppe does not speak English and neither Charlotte nor Jerry speak Portuguese. Yet, the comedy is even more intensified because Giuseppe does not speak Portuguese either. Rather he jabbers on in a sort of 'lingua franca' mixture of Pugli's native Scilian, Spanish, and Portuguese. All of it spoken with an Italian accent.

The biggest box office hit of Bette Davis's career.

The screenplay is a fairly faithful adaptation of the novel, except that in the book Charlotte takes a Mediterranean cruise, not a South American one.

Featured Cast: See Full Cast

Bette Davis(as Charlotte Vale)

Paul Henreid(as Jerry Durrance)

Claude Rains(as Dr. Jaquith)

SYNOPSIS

Academy Awards 1942 --- Ceremony Number 15 (source: AMPAS)

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Featured Cast:

See Full Cast

Bette Davis
(as Charlotte Vale)

Paul Henreid
(as Jerry Durrance)

Claude Rains
(as Dr. Jaquith)