Dark Victory

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  • Dark Victory -- Classic tearjerker in which an energetic socialite (Bette Davis) is felled by a brain tumor, then falls in love with the surgeon (George Brent) who saved her life but knows she has only a few months to live. Directed by Edmund Goulding, the emotional manipulation of the plot is shamelessly transparent, but what still holds interest today is Davis' spunky, smiling-through-the-tears performance. Romantic complications and tense discussions of death. (A-II) (br) ( 1939 )




    These movies have been evaluated for artistic merit and moral suitability by the media reviewing division of Catholic News Service. The reviews include the CNS rating, the Motion Picture Association of America rating, and a brief synopsis of the movie.

    The classifications are as follows:

    A-I -- general patronage;
    A-II -- adults and adolescents;
    A-III -- adults;
    L -- limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. L replaces the previous classification, A-IV.
    O -- morally offensive.

    Note: Some movies previously were designated A-IV. Older films with this classification should be regarded as classified L.

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