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After the box office success of The Old Maid, Bette Davis and Miriam Hopkins were reunited for this catty drama. Kitty Marlowe (Davis) is a well-respected author who returns to the small town of her b... read more read more...irth, where she becomes reacquainted with her childhood friend Millie Drake (Hopkins). While Millie is happy as a wife and mother and loves her husband Preston (John Loder), she's envious of Kitty's success, and Kitty's visit prompts Millie to sit down at the typewriter herself. Millie turns out a sexy potboiler that, with Kitty's help, attracts the attention of a publisher. To the surprise of them both, Millie's book is a runaway bestseller, and a decade later she's one of the most successful authors in America, easily eclipsing Kitty's more highbrow work. Preston finds himself growing disenchanted with Millie once success begins to go to her head, and he finds himself attracted to Kitty; while Kitty tries to dissuade Preston's advances, a scorned Millie believes that her old friend has been trying to steal her husband away from her. Old Acquaintance was remade in 1981 as Rich and Famous. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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Unrated, 1 hr. 50 min.

Directed by: Vincent Sherman

Release Date: November 27, 1943

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DVD Release Date: May 30, 2006

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  • dunmyer
    December 18, 2011
    dunmyer
    How did I go so many years without someone telling me that I had to see "Old Acquaintance"? It's just a melodrama, but it's one of the best, most satisfying, and most unique that Bette Davis made in her heyday, the 1940s.

    Davis plays a serious, high-minded novelist, and Miria... read morem Hopkins plays a deliciously petulant, semi-educated, narcissistic writer of pulp fiction. The two have a life-long friendship with many ups and downs and subtle cross-currents of rivalry and devotion.

    In the last half-hour, there are some surprising twists that had my head spinning. And the final message is to some degree a celebration of women remaining unmarried, which I loved. I had a rip-roaring good time watching this classic, and I'm sad that its reputation has faded over the years. It deserves to be better known.
  • jjnxn
    January 14, 2008
    jjnxn
    bette & miriam are a hoot together!
  • streamofconsciousness
    October 16, 2010
    streamofconsciousness
    Another film where the lead performance (Bette) is far stronger than the film itself. I am admiring her talent more and more. Loving her menswear inspired costumes!
  • jam233
    January 4, 2010
    jam233
    An excellent classic, Bette Davis once again gives a magnificent performance, Miriam Hopkins does well too. Good story, very well written and directed, fine production values in all aspects. Wonderful.
  • moviegirl50
    November 12, 2009
    moviegirl50
    Just caught this on TV today and it was quite enjoyable!! Bette Davis is mesmerizing in whatever she's in.

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