The Old Maid (1939 film)

The Old Maid
Theatrical release poster
Directed byEdmund Goulding
Screenplay byCasey Robinson
Based on
Produced byHal B. Wallis
StarringBette Davis
Miriam Hopkins
George Brent
Donald Crisp
CinematographyTony Gaudio
Edited byGeorge Amy
Music byMax Steiner
Production
company
Warner Bros.
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • August 16, 1939 (1939-08-16)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Old Maid is a 1939 American drama film directed by Edmund Goulding. The screenplay by Casey Robinson is based on the 1935 Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name by Zoë Akins, which was adapted from the 1924 Edith Wharton novella The Old Maid: the Fifties (taken from the collection of novellas Old New York).