The Old Maid

Year: 1939

Runtime: 95 mins

Language: English

Director: Edmund Goulding

DramaMoving relationship storiesEnduring stories of family and marital dramaTouching and sentimental family storiesHeartbreaking and moving family drama

A woman's love‑starved soul is laid bare, exposing the strange secrets she keeps locked within her heart, the fleeting moments of rapture and heartbreak, and longings beyond a man's comprehension. These emotions are woven into the lives of two cousins whose world is upended by the sudden return of an ex‑boyfriend and the revelation of an illegitimate child.

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