Old Acquaintance

Old Acquaintance (1943)

  • 78% of users liked it
    (385 ratings)

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 birth, where she becomes reacquainted with her childhood friend Millie Drake (Hopkins). While Millie… More

Unrated, 1 hr. 50 min.
Directed By
Vincent Sherman
Written By
John Van Druten, Lenore J. Coffee
Genres
Drama, Classics
In Theaters
Nov 27, 1943 Wide
On DVD
May 30, 2006

Critic Reviews

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    Crowd pleasing women's pic.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • William D


    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… More

  • jay n


    bette & miriam are a hoot together!

  • Laura C


    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!

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