Of Human Bondage

492. Of HUMAN BONDAGE (1934-usa). With Leslie HOWARD, Bette Davis, Reginald Denny, FRANCES DEE, KAY JOHNSON, ALAN HALE, REGINALD OWEN, Based on the story by W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM, music by MAX STEINER. A crippled medical student and his romance with a dying waitress. Leslie Howard superb as the quiet, sensitive young man and Bette Davis magnificent as the cheap waitress, deliberately mean and cruel. Remade in both 1946 and 1964. They’re no march for the original. An important landmark in American film acting. 84 minutes. Drama