The University of Wisconsin Press
Film Studies
Dark
Victory Bette Davis drew upon every mood she had
ever expressed—insouciance, impatience, anger, passion,
acquiescence. She worked hard at the role, reveling in a story
that, according to her account, she had actively campaigned for.
She also benefited greatly by the professional talents of director
Edmund Goulding and screenwriter Casey Robinson and a supporting
cast that included Humphrey Bogart. Bernard F. Dick is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Fairleigh Dickinson University. He has written several books, including Anatomy of a Film (1978) and Billy Wilder (1980). See also the recent University of Wisconsin Press book, Edmund Goulding's Dark Victory: Hollywood's Genius Bad Boy by Matthew Kennedy, about the director of Dark Victory. Tino Balio,
Professor in the Department of Communication Arts at the University
of Wisconsin–Madison, is the author of United Artists: The Company Built by the Stars, United
Artists: The Company That Changed the Film Industry, and the editor of The American Film Industry as well as the 22 volume Wisconsin/Warner
Bros. Screenplay series, all published by the University
of Wisconsin Press. He directed the Wisconsin Center for Film
and Theatre Research from 1966 to 1882. |
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