Old Acquaintance

"I know what every woman expects from love ...AND WHAT SHE ACCEPTS IF SHE IS WISE!"

Two writers, friends since childhood, fight over their books and lives.

Bette Davis

(Kit Marlowe)

Miriam Hopkins

(Millie Drake)

Gig Young

(Rudd Kendall)

John Loder

(Preston Drake)

Dolores Moran

(Deirdre Drake)

Phillip Reed

(Lucian Grant)

Roscoe Karns

(Charlie Archer)

Anne Revere

(Belle Carter)

Esther Dale

(Harriet)

Abigail Adams

(College Girl (uncredited))

Edward Biby

(Garden Room Patron (uncredited))

Gordon B. Clarke

(Usher at Radio Broadcast (uncredited))

Jimmy Conlin

(Frank - Photographer (uncredited))

Ann Doran

(Music Store Saleslady (uncredited))

Bess Flowers

(Club Patron (uncredited))

Sam Harris

(Army Major (uncredited))

Marjorie Hoshelle

(Margaret Kemp - Kit's Fanclub Leader (uncredited))

Charles Jordan

(Bootlegger Selling Gin (uncredited))

Fred Kelsey

(Train Conductor / Man at Radio Broadcast (uncredited))

Lucille La Marr

(College Girl (uncredited))

Mike Lally

(Nightclub Patron (uncredited))

Frank Mayo

(Army Officer (uncredited))

Frank McLure

(Man at Radio Broadcast (uncredited))

Jack Mower

(Army Officer (uncredited))

Kathleen O'Malley

(College Girl (uncredited))

Harriet Olsen

(College Girl (uncredited))

Paul Panzer

(Train Conductor (uncredited))

Virginia Patton

(College Girl (uncredited))

Alexander Pollard

(Bartender (uncredited))

Herbert Rawlinson

(Red Cross Chairman (uncredited))

Ronald R. Rondell

(Garden Center Headwaiter (uncredited))

Francine Rufo

(Deirdre as a Child (uncredited))

Timmy Sabor

(College Girl (uncredited))

Dorothy Schoemer

(College Girl (uncredited))

Charles Sullivan

(Taxi Driver (uncredited))

Philip Van Zandt

(Hotel Night Manager (uncredited))

Frances Ward

(College Girl (uncredited))

Poppy Wilde

(Patron at Garden Center Club (uncredited))

Lottie Williams

(Millie's Maid at Party (uncredited))

Eric Wilton

(Waiter (uncredited))

Jack Wise

(Baggage Man (uncredited))

Raoul Freeman

(Nightclub Patron (uncredited))

Dick Gordon

(Restaurant Patron (uncredited))