Now, Voyager

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Now, Voyager

Sep 01 2026 | 00:03:14

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Show Notes

A young woman oppressed by her controlling mother discovers her own strength when she is encouraged by a psychiatrist to go out into the world. In 1942, Bette Davis was Warner Brothers’ biggest star. She’d attained this status not through conventional beauty, but through her talent, hard work, and incredible dramatic range. Her filmography up to that time is basically a list of classics. And now at the height of her career, having already won two Best Actress Oscars, and four other nominations, she starred in one of the great romantic films of the era: Now, Voyager. She plays Charlotte Vale,…

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