Now, Voyager (6/10) Movie CLIP - Complete Freedom (1942) HD
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Returning home after a six month absence, a newly confident Charlotte (Bette Davis) refuses to let her mother (Gladys Cooper) tell her what to do.
FILM DESCRIPTION:
Olive Higgins Prouty's popular novel was transformed into nearly two hours of high-grade soap opera by several masters of the trade: Warner Bros., Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, director Irving Rapper, and screenwriter Casey Robinson. Davis plays repressed Charlotte Vale, dying on the vine thanks to her domineering mother (Gladys Cooper). All-knowing psychiatrist Dr. Jaquith (Claude Rains) urges Charlotte to make several radical changes in her life, quoting Walt Whitman: "Now voyager sail thou forth to seek and find." Slowly, Charlotte emerges from her cocoon of tight hairdos and severe clothing to blossom into a gorgeous fashion plate. While on a long ocean voyage, she falls in love with Jerry Durrance (Henreid), who is trapped in a loveless marriage. After kicking over the last of her traces at home, Charlotte selflessly becomes a surrogate mother to Jerry's emotionally disturbed daughter (a curiously uncredited Janis Wilson), who is on the verge of becoming the hysterical wallflower that Charlotte once was. An interim romance with another man (John Loder) fails to drive Jerry from Charlotte's mind. The film ends ambiguously; Jerry is still married, without much chance of being divorced from his troublesome wife, but the newly self-confident Charlotte is willing to wait forever if need be. "Don't ask for the moon," murmurs Charlotte as Max Steiner's romantic music reaches a crescendo, "we have the stars." In addition to this famous line, Now, Voyager also features the legendary "two cigarettes" bit, in which Jerry places two symbolic cigarettes between his lips, lights them both, and hands one to Charlotte. The routine would be endlessly lampooned in subsequent films, once by Henreid himself in the satirical sword-and-sandal epic Siren of Baghdad (1953).
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TM & © Warner Bros. (1942)
Cast: Gladys Cooper, Bette Davis
Director: Irving Rapper
Producer: Hal B. Wallis
Screenwriters: Casey Robinson, Olive Higgins Prouty
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"Well, if I'm a guest then please treat me as one," One of my favorite lines ^^
"I gave it to Miss Till - she was so grateful." I love every single comeback Charlotte throws at her mother. So calm and nice - nothing could touch her once she got those flowers.
Gladys Cooper was outstanding in this film as the tyrannical mother. She had a long history of acting in the theatre. Then add Davis and Rains, and you have a marvellous trio of people who will never be forgotten as folk who could really act.
One thing about this scene that isn’t commented on is the interesting yet brilliant camera work. The shot of the mother tapping her hand on the bed post while Charlotte gets dress said so much about what’s going on with her internally. Always such an uptight woman, she keeps herself firm and always careful to display signs that she’s losing her composure. But her hands throughout the movie regularly hint at a ticking time bomb that’s ready to explode if pushed too far. And as Charlotte gives her speech about her newfound independence, we see with each tap of her fingers (as tapping can either be a sign of boredom or frustration) the impatience and intolerance boiling up in her. It’s also a clever choice by the actress to make the mother a more frightening figure. She never loses that image of control but you can sense just looking at her that there’s something there that’s not right and the uncertainty sends chills to the spine. Most people nowadays would think a shot like that would have no point but it conveys so much of what’s going on in this scene and with the character.
Perceptive! Great actor choices that further dileante the intolerant mother.
Charlotte looks at her hand ✋ too.
@@mehmetokay7073 I noticed that, too. Brilliant 💕
I disagree completely, though I appreciate your observation /interpretation. It’s so utterly distracting and ever to literal albeit obvious that it obfuscating !! It’s the only scene that irks me immensely
The 1940’s were the apogee of Hollywood. Producers, directors, actors, cinema photographers, designers all of the highest standards. Though amongst the trash there are very good movies made today we shall never again see an era of such extraordinary talent in all departments.
Charlotte returned with confidence and glamour. Oh what glamour!
I agree beautiful they don't make them like her anymore
The scene with the mother tapping the bed post was brilliant!
@masakasama that’s because she is NOT a woman of that age. Gladys Cooper made a career out of playing women far older than her actual age. She was only 52 when this was made.
@@GiftSparks well actually, she was 53-4 but I see your point.
To be free of fear is to really be free and Charlotte understand that.
Dear Patrick Sampson, The magical (for me) scene in the mother's bedroom when Charlotte says "I'm not afraid. I'm not afraid, Mother!" That delivery. The look of wonderment, illumination and joy in her face. The lighting making Davis the loveliest I've ever seen her. The music. It touches me very deeply. She's free.
@@ginnylorenz5265 loved what you wrote. Touched me. So many of of us have been domineered like Charlotte. Then freed We can relate.
She do.
Gorgeous gown! She looks so beautiful and the mother says she looks outrageous. When the mother-daughter bond is unhealthy. Groundbreaking subject for its time.
Brilliant acting from Bette Davis and Gladys Cooper! Both incredibly strong actresses - both playing their film roles perfectly.
THAT is how to deal with a bully. Master class.
If you've never experienced a mother's tyranny you're extremely lucky! It hangs on one like a stench. After they're gone it really Never leaves you!
People who control people always lose them
My mother was just this "mother"; She was more attuned to run a gulag not a home.
I feel your pain. My mother is very, very controlling and berating. Plus, she gets her nose in other people's business.
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I hope you have found freedom and peace.
This is my most favorite movie of hers and it opened the door to all of the classics...while I can personally identify with Charlotte's character, I think this was the most glamorous of all of her films.
One of my FAVORITE scenes in the movie….. the mothers fingers tapping on the bedpost while she listens to her daughter & KNOWS that she’s lost control of her….
This scene should be shown at a masters class for acting students... Brilliant from every aspect
What is there about this film. More and more people love it and I love it more and more. "I'm not afraid, mother." is the key to the whole film. Wonderful. I want to weep every time.
It's a coming of age story.
@@flenif2247, It’s a lot more than that. It’s recovery from a life of being a victim of tyranny, belittlement, and emotional abuse.
marvelous scene--an adult/child asserting her rights!
The tapping on the bed post, the writing was impeccable.
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The way Mrs Vale is slowly tapping her hand, the whole time she's thinking, "How can I make her life a living hell this time?"
I’ve always loved Bette Davis’ hairstyle in this movie. So chic and elegant, without looking too cheesy like some typical 40’s hairstyles.
"I gave it to Mrs. Till, she was so grateful" Love It!
Mother is a piece of work
She’s a piece of work in another movie as Deborah Kerr’s overbearing mother, and yet a joy as Cary Grant’s grandmother in “An Affair to Remember”.
Well that's one word for her...
I am a Joan Crawford fan and I think she was the most gorgeous! But I don't get it why Bette thought she was not beautiful! I mean look at her in this clip! She is amazing! I adore both women and I strongly believe they were unique and gorgeous in their own way! Btw this is my favourite movie of Bette's because we can see her tremendous talent!!! Legends❣️
Different standard of beauty back then. Davis once referred to her eyes as "poached-egg eyes".
This how you respond to a toxic person regardless of their relation to you. Don't step down to their level and they would feel defeated thus walking away with frustrations.
Davis was at her best with a female nemesis played by an actress Davis truly respected, and as Mary Astor did before her, Cooper surely filled the bill. Both actresses, when a script asked it, were unafraid to dare an audience to hate them. In films like _Of Human Bondage_ and _The Little Foxes_ Davis did the daring herself; Cooper here. Mrs. Henry Wendell Vale makes you want to punch her in most every scene. Gladys would repeat the triumph the next year in _Song Of Bernadette_.
+Dave dvlaries
Like the hungry predator waiting to pounce: I love the brilliantly inspired shot of Mrs. Vale's tapping fingers on the bedpost as Charlotte shakily finds her words of self-assertion and boundaries.
Ready to strike like a cobra.....brilliant!
Notice the continuity error. In one shot, her hand wasn't there. Then it cuts to a shot from behind and it's on the post all of a sudden.
What a terrible mother, makes me glad for my mother.
Why on earth she would want to live with that old bat is beyond me....but perhaps if I saw the rest of the movie...
@@northerngirl1637 well she couldn't escape or rather she was so brow beaten she couldn't find the open door till dr jaqueth pointed it out
When she came around the corner wearing THAT dress, I nearly cheered! :) I love this movie.
One thing that I really liked about these old classic movies is the beautiful outfits that were made specially for this movie. It is too bad that people don't really dress up anymore. They would feel so much better about themselves if they did.
The mother was living way past her expiration date.
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Everyone's talking about the stellar acting--which it was.
But the thing that impressed me the most is the transatlantic English accent Miss Davis is using. Its mellifluous tones are beautiful to the ear.
‘‘Thank you. I prefer to go down alone.’’ How Mrs Vale says that without turning to look at Charlotte and how she doesn’t even bother to close the door behind her is just magnificent.
Sounds like Mother is getting exactly what she deserves.
My mother really liked watching this movie whenever they showed it on TCM . I think because her own mother was this way toward her when she was growing up. My grandmother even still did my mom's hair for her when she was in high school
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I like the short but very grown up scene on the ship where Lee Patrick, who sees what's developing and is happy for them, explains Jerry's marriage to Charlotte.
agreed...a very underrated but extremely well written and performed one. Lee Patrick is so spot on--as someone, without being catty, truly just wanting to honestly give a of friendly insight to help a friend have a moment of emotion male-female bonding and joy.
Me too. Lee Patrick was a pro.
Agreed. Theres such intelligence/romance/class in this film so lacking in today's blow it up cgi films made for the teen crowd and neanderthal types
Davis, she was so good.
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Wonderful film! I wish it were more widely known and viewed.
Fabulous old movie.
Love this movie
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Gladys Cooper’s character is the precursor to Carrie’s mom and then even later Mary Jones in Precious
BETTE DAVIS. LOOKED ABSOLUTELY STUNNING! IN THIS BLACK GOWN! IT WAS TAILORED TO THE"T" FOR HER.😱WOW! THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOVIES, ALONG WITH "DARK VICTORY", AND "ALL ABOUT EVE".😊
What a selfish, cloying mother. Take comfort, yes, but don't force it to be given.
'Cloying'? Mrs Henry Windle Vale was a lot of things, but cloying she was not. A less sweet person surely never existed.
"I've been living my own life, making my own decisions for a long while now." In other words, "When I was seventeen I did what people told me
Did what my father said
And let my mother mold me
But that was long ago, I'm in
CONTROLLLL"...
found people like this does my blood pressure in
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this scene, perhaps the dialogue--at :20, should have appeared earlier in the movie; for it so clearly defines what the Mother thinks of her last child, and in the way that she treats her. Charlotte, the child born --.."..late in Life"...a euphemism of the time period for a child born when most women were going through or starting the process of 'change-of-Life'. In this time frame, it 'WAS' in some social circles an embarrassment for a woman of that age to be pregnant. And Mother, never lets Charlotte forget that her Mother's latent sexuality was now on public display. As was common, the last, single at-home daughter would wind up being the 'slave'. to the Mother; instead of becoming a friend and care-giver. As anyone ever considered the possibility that one of the reasons the Mother so hates Charlotte, is that Charlotte was NOT born a male. In that this late-in-Life birth would have produced a Male heir, that Mother, is some triumphant gift to the Vale family could have married off into a much Higher Socially Standing Family with Much more Money and Prestige?
Well said and so very true!!
Societal l changes! Thsnk you!
I’m reminded of Tita’s mother, in “Like Water for Chocolate”. She refuses to let Tita, her youngest daughter, to marry the love of her life, and claims that the youngest daughter is beholden to care for her (in her future old age), despite having an older, unmarried daughter living at home.
my fav movie
Davis, Most beautiful lady in cinema!
The mother held Charlotte prisoner with money and power but Charlotte rose above that. I know it was a different time, but I don't see how the dress is outrageous??
chanel Garcia me either
Such a display of decolletage is outrageous!
The dress is "outrageous" because it represents Charlotte's newfound self-esteem. Mother always dressed her as a sexless child to control her. But now, thanks to therapy and Jerry's kindness, Charlotte has the confidence to present herself as the attractive woman that she is, and always would have been, if not for her mother. She is declaring her independence, and that is what her mother finds "outrageous."
OceanKingNY That’s how I interpreted it too. It’s a very elegant yet bold dress, that really helps define the confident woman she has become.
@@OceanKingNY it couldn't have been worded and looked at reason any better than that! U've got it down pat 👏👌
I love it
Mother was a controlling bitch, wasn't she?
Here Davis shows none of the affectations she often used-prancing walk, and strange hand movements, usually holding a cigarette.
The fingering tapping, which is right out of the Queen from Snow White & then used again in Cinderella. All evil mothers.
Class.
Sorry I omitted the ? at the end of the first sentence
I have own life i make my own decisions .. control .. hi janet
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How the heck does one keep camellias from shattering?
Kathleen Turner has the same voice/intonations as Bette Davis.
Absolutely brilliant acting! Bravo Bette Davis and Gladys Cooper! 🙏
I love it
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