Written around a theme as modern as it is pertinent, "Dark Victory," currently at the Metropolitan, is a powerful production, well adapted to Bette Davis' peculiar talent for portraying the neurotic. As the Long Island society girl who discovers a meaning in life just before hers is snuffed out, Miss Davis gives a brilliant and convincing performance. This study of a woman torn between the routine religious attitude of the Victorian age and the realism of today will appeal to the philosophers in the audience. The way in which certain characters, like the trainer (Humphrey Bogart), are used to symbolize broad social facts reminds one somewhat of "The Shining Hour." At times the dialogue lags and verges on the trite, but the general importance of the main theme successfully carries the moviegoer over the rough spots.
It is to be hoped that "Sudden Money," the second attraction featuring Charlie Ruggles at his worst, is the last in a long series of movies that have unsuccessfully tried to imitate "You Can't Take It With You."
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