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Of Human Bondage
Genres: Drama, Romance
Of Human Bondage is a 1934 American drama film.
Philip falls passionately in love with vulgar tearoom waitress Mildred Rogers. Although he is attracted to the anemic and pale-faced woman, she is manipulative and cruel toward him. When Philip proposes to her, Mildred declines, telling him she will be marrying a loutish salesman Emil Miller instead. The self-centered Mildred vindictively berates Philip with nasty insults for becoming romantically interested in her.
But just when it appears that Philip is finding happiness, Mildred returns, pregnant and claiming that Emil has abandoned her. Philip's intention is to marry Mildred after her child is born, but a bored and restless Mildred is an uninterested mother, and gives up the baby's care to a nurse.
Once again, Mildred returns with her baby, this time expressing remorse for deserting him. Philip cannot resist rescuing her and helping her to recover from another failed relationship. Things take a turn for the worse when Mildred moves in, spitefully wrecks his apartment and destroys his paintings and books, and burns the securities and bonds he was given by an uncle to finance his tuition.
Later, Philip meets up with Mildred, now sick, destitute, and working as a prostitute. Mildred's baby has died, and she has become distraught and sick with tuberculosis. Before he can visit her again, she dies in a hospital charity ward. With Mildred's death, Philip is finally freed of his obsession, and he makes plans to marry Sally. (Wikipedia)
Directed by: John Cromwell
Written by: Lester Cohen, based on the novel by W. Somerset Maugham
Starring: Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, Frances Dee
Music by: Max Steiner
Release dates: 1934
Running time: 83 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English
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