Now, Voyager (1942) | |
| Director(s) | Irving Rapper |
| Producer(s) | Hal B. Wallis |
| Top Genres | Drama, Film Adaptation, Romance |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, Boston, Cruises, Father Daughter, Mistaken Identity, Mother Daughter, Psychotherapy, Romance |
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Now, Voyager Overview:
Now, Voyager (1942) was a Drama - Romance Film directed by Irving Rapper and produced by Hal B. Wallis.
The film was based on the novel of the same name written by Olive Higgins Prouty published in 1941.
SYNOPSIS
"Now, Voyager, sail forth to seek and find." Rains is a psychiatrist who quotes this line from Walt Whitman to inspire the repressed Davis. Soon, the shy, sheltered spinster is brought out of her shell and falls in love with a handsome, suave Henreid, though she knows he will never leave his wife. Through years of trials, their love endures and she becomes a surrogate mother to Henreid's daughter (Wilson). The quintessential Hollywood tear-jerker, with a lush Steiner score.
(Source: available at Amazon AMC Classic Movie Companion).
.Now, Voyager was inducted into the National Film Registry in 2007.
Academy Awards 1942 --- Ceremony Number 15 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Actress | Bette Davis | Nominated |
| Best Supporting Actress | Gladys Cooper | Nominated |
| Best Music - Scoring | Max Steiner | Won |
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Quotes from
Jerry (looking at Charlotte): I love you.
Charlotte Vale: I'm not afraid. I'm not afraid, mother. I'm not afraid.
Jerry: Are you one of the Vales of Boston?
Charlotte: One of the lesser ones.
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Facts about
Paul Henreid's act of lighting two cigarettes at once caught the public's imagination and he couldn't go anywhere without being accosted by women begging him to light cigarettes for them.
"Now Voyager" was actually the third book in a four-part saga of the Vales, a high-class Boston family, written by Olive Higgins Prouty over a 12-year period from 1936 to 1947. When Warner Brothers bought the film rights to the novel, Prouty wrote a lengthy letter to her literary agent, setting out how she felt the production should be mounted. She felt strongly that the best way to dramatize the flashbacks would be to feature short silent segments woven into the main sound narrative. Her letter made its way to producer Hal B. Wallis at Warners, who subsequently ignored her suggestions.
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