Of Human Bondage (1934 film)
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Of Human Bondage is a 1934 American drama film directed by John Cromwell and regarded by critics as the film that made Bette Davis a star. The screenplay by Lester Cohen is based on the 1915 novel Of
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Bette Davis and Leslie Howard
Bette Davis was acclaimed for her portrayal of the shrewish Mildred in Of Human Bondage.
Publicity still of Bette Davis in the 1934 film Of Human Bondage
Of Human Bondage
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Of Human Bondage is a 1915 novel by W. Somerset Maugham. The novel is generally agreed to be Maugham's masterpiece and to be strongly autobiographical in nature, although he stated, "This is a novel,
Of Human Bondage (1934 film)
…directed by John Cromwell and regarded by critics as the film that made Bette Davis a star. The screenplay by Lester Cohen is based on the 1915 novel Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham. Sensitive, club-footed artist Philip Carey is a Briton who has been studying painting in Paris for four years. His art teacher…
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