Release Date: 1940

Genre: Drama Romance
Director: Anatole Litvak
Black & White

DVD Set 2 of 4 Bette Davis Movies



Bette Davis, playing Henriette Deluzy-Desportes, is first seen as a French schoolteacher in a 19th century American seminary. When her supervisor, Reverend Henry Mortyn Field (Jeffrey Lynn), has questions to ask about her tainted past, Henriette relates her story in flashback. She had been hired by French duke De Praslin (Charles Boyer) to be the governess for his children