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The Old Maid

1939·95 min

The Old Maid

Directed by Edmund Goulding

Drama

The lives of two cousins are complicated by the return of an ex-boyfriend and an illegitimate child.

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Charlotte Lovell

Delia Lovell Ralston

Clem Spender

Doctor Lanskell

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Jim Ralston

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William Lundigan

Lanning Halsey

Grandmother Lovell

Jim

Dee

John

William A. Boardway

Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Charles the Butler (uncredited)

Marlene Burnett

Tina as a Child (uncredited)

Frederick Burton

Mr. Halsey (uncredited)

Ricardo Lord Cezon

Little Boy (uncredited)

Wedding Guest (uncredited)

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The Old Maid (1939) is about the lives of two cousins are complicated by the return of an ex-boyfriend and an illegitimate child.

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Edmund Goulding directed The Old Maid (1939).

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