Old Acquaintance
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| Directed by | Vincent Sherman |
| Produced by | Henry Blanke |
| Written by |
John Van Druten Lenore Coffee Edmund Goulding |
| Starring |
Bette Davis Miriam Hopkins Gig Young |
| Music by | Franz Waxman |
| Cinematography | Sol Polito |
| Edited by | Terry O. Morse |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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110 min |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $2.7 million (US rentals) |
Old Acquaintance is a 1943 comedy-drama film made by Warner Bros. It was directed by Vincent Sherman and produced by Henry Blanke with Jack L. Warner as executive producer from a screenplay by John Van Druten, Lenore Coffee and Edmund Goulding based on Van Druten's play.
The film starred Bette Davis and Miriam Hopkins with Gig Young, John Loder, Dolores Moran, Roscoe Karns and Anne Revere.
The John Van Druten play on which the film is based had its premiere at the Morosco Theatre, New York City on 23 December 1940 in a production staged by Auriol Lee and designed by Richard Whorf. The play starred Jane Cowl, Peggy Wood and Kent Smith. It ran for 170 performances.
Bette Davis initially wanted Norma Shearer to take the role of Millie. But Shearer who was semi retired at this stage, declined to take the secondary role and second billing. Miriam Hopkins who had filmed The Old Maid with Davis and had endured a difficult working relationship with Davis (owing to the resentment created when Davis allegedly had an affair with Hopkins' husband Anatole Litvak) accepted the role.
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