#1004: RAPPER, Irving: Now, Voyager (1942)
RAPPER, Irving (United States)
Now, Voyager [1942]
Spine #1004
Blu-ray
The Booklet
Thirty-six page booklet featuring an essay by scholar Patricia White and a 1937 reflection on acting by Davis.
Commentary
None.
Episode
Of The Dick Cavett Show from 1971 featuring actor Davis.
Interview 1
With actor Henreid from 1980.
Selected-scene commentary
On the film’s score by scholar Jeff Smith.
Interview 2
With film critic Farran Smith Nehme on the making of the film.
Interview 3
With costume historian Larry McQueen.
Two radio adaptations
From 1943 and 1946.
Extras Rating (0-40):
Now, Voyager [1942]
Spine #1004
Blu-ray
Nervous spinster Charlotte Vale (Bette Davis) is stunted from growing up under the heel of her puritanical Boston Brahmin mother (Gladys Cooper), and remains convinced of her own unworthiness until a kindly psychiatrist (Claude Rains) gives her the confidence to venture out into the world on a South American cruise. On board, she finds her footing with the help of an unhappily married man (Paul Henreid). Their thwarted love affair may help Charlotte break free of her mother's grip — but will she find fulfillment as well as independence? Made at the height of Davis's reign as the queen of the woman's picture and bolstered by an Oscar-winning Max Steiner score, Now, Voyager is a melodrama for the ages, both a rapturous Hollywood romance and a poignant saga of self-discovery.
117 minutes
Black & White
Monaural
Monaural
1:37:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2019
Director/Writers
From the novel by Olive Higgins Prouty.
Screenplay by Casey Robinson.
Irving Rapper was 44 when he directed Now, Voyager.
The Film
The Film
A
Film Rating (0-60):
60
The ExtrasThe Booklet
Thirty-six page booklet featuring an essay by scholar Patricia White and a 1937 reflection on acting by Davis.
Commentary
None.
Episode
Of The Dick Cavett Show from 1971 featuring actor Davis.
Interview 1
With actor Henreid from 1980.
Selected-scene commentary
On the film’s score by scholar Jeff Smith.
Interview 2
With film critic Farran Smith Nehme on the making of the film.
Interview 3
With costume historian Larry McQueen.
Two radio adaptations
From 1943 and 1946.
Extras Rating (0-40):
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