Of Human Bondage

Directed by John Cromwell, 1934

Based on the novel by W. Somerset Maugham (1915)

Starring Bette Davis and Leslie Howard

A young man finds himself attracted to a cold and unfeeling waitress who may ultimately destroy them both.

Recommended

The updated 1964 remake, set in the swinging sixties, starring Kim Novak and Laurence Harvey, is even better...

Of Human Bondage (1964) 1/2

Of Human Bondage (1964) 2/2

Directed by Ken Hughes

Script by Bryan Forbes

and more digestible...

 

"The third screen adaptation of Somerset Maugham's novel about the destructiveness of sexual obsession."

 

A medical student becomes obsessed with his faithless lover.

Kim's Mildred is quite different. She's much more of an enchantress.