Old Acquaintance

Old Acquaintance
Theatrical release poster
Directed byVincent Sherman
Screenplay byJohn Van Druten
Lenore Coffee
Edmund Goulding (contributor)
Based onOld Acquaintance
1940 play
by John Van Druten
Produced byHenry Blanke
StarringBette Davis
Miriam Hopkins
Gig Young
CinematographySol Polito
Edited byTerry O. Morse
Music byFranz Waxman
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • November 27, 1943 (1943-11-27)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,070,000[1]
Box office$2.7 million (US rentals)[2] or $3,639,000[1]

Old Acquaintance is a 1943 American drama film released by Warner Bros. It was directed by Vincent Sherman and produced by Henry Blanke with Jack L. Warner as executive producer. The screenplay by John Van Druten, Lenore Coffee and Edmund Goulding was based on Van Druten's 1940 play of the same title.

The film stars Bette Davis, Miriam Hopkins, Gig Young, John Loder, Dolores Moran, Roscoe Karns and Anne Revere.

  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 24 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
  2. ^ "Top Grossers of the Season", Variety, 5 January 1944 p 54