A Stolen Life (film)

This article is about the 1946 film. For similar uses, see A Stolen Life.
A Stolen Life
Theatrical release poster
Directed byCurtis Bernhardt
Screenplay byCatherine Turney
Margaret Buell Wilder (adaptation)
Based onUloupeny Zivot
1935 novel
by Karel Josef Benes
Produced byBette Davis
StarringBette Davis
Glenn Ford
Dane Clark
Walter Brennan
Charlie Ruggles
Bruce Bennett
CinematographyErnest Haller
Sol Polito
Edited byRudi Fehr
Music byMax Steiner
Production
company
B.D. Production
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • July 6, 1946 (1946-07-06)
Running time
109 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2,217,000[1]
Box office$4,785,000[1]
$3 million (US rentals)[2]

A Stolen Life is a 1946 American drama film starring Bette Davis, who also produced it. The film, based on the 1935 novel A Stolen Life by Karel Josef Benes, was directed by Curtis Bernhardt. Among the supporting cast are Glenn Ford, Dane Clark, Peggy Knudsen, Charlie Ruggles, and Bruce Bennett. It is a remake of the 1939 British film Stolen Life starring Elisabeth Bergner and Michael Redgrave.

It was nominated for Best Special Effects (William C. McGann; Special Audible Effects by Nathan Levinson) at the 19th Academy Awards, but lost to Blithe Spirit.

The second time Davis played twin sisters was in Dead Ringer (1964).

  1. ^ a b Warner Bros financial information in The William Schaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 26 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
  2. ^ "60 Top Grossers of 1946", Variety 8 January 1947 p8