Charlotte Vale (Bette Davis) is a repressed, overweight and pathologically shy woman from a wealthy and well-connected Boston family who has been driven almost insane by her oppressive and domineering mother. It's a kind doctor (Claude Rains) who finally spirits her out of the house to save her life, and under his care in a sanitarium Charlotte blossoms into a beautiful butterfly, gaining confidence and slowly repairing her self-esteem even as she falls in love with a handsome French architect named Jerry (Paul Henreid) while on a cruise to South America. The affair seems doomed, however - Jerry is married - and once back home conflict arises again with Charlotte's formidable mother, but it's a young, introverted girl named Tina who finally gives Charlotte her focus in life ... even as she learns something about the girl that gives her romance with Jerry a painful yet inevitable twist. (not rated) *****
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Nice, succint, summary. Though this isn't my favourite movie, I do appreciate the actors and there are some definite iconic moments in this - the dual cigarettes!
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