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Line 1: {{Short description\|1946 film by Curtis Bernhardt, Jack Gage}} {{About\|the 1946 film\|similar uses\|A Stolen Life (disambiguation){{!}}A Stolen Life}} {{Infobox film \| name = A Stolen Life Line 5 ⟶ 7: \| director = [[Curtis Bernhardt]] \| producer = Bette Davis \| based_on = {{based on\|''Uloupeny Zivot''<br>~~1947~~1935 novel\|Karel Josef Benes}} \| screenplay = [[Catherine Turney]]<br>Margaret Buell Wilder (adaptation) \| starring = [[Bette Davis]]<br>[[Glenn Ford]]<br>[[Dane Clark]]<br>[[Walter Brennan]]<br>[[Charlie Ruggles]]<br>[[Bruce Bennett]] \| music = [[Max Steiner]] Line 13 ⟶ 15: \| studio = B.D. Production \| distributor = [[Warner Bros.]] \| released = {{~~Start~~Film date\|1946\|07\|06}} \| runtime = 109 minutes \| language = English \| country = United States \| budget = $2,217,000<ref name="warners">Warner Bros financial information in The William ~~Shaefer~~Schaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 26 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551</ref> \| gross = $4,785,000<ref name="warners"/><br>$3 million (US rentals)<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/variety165-1947-01#page/n54/mode/1up "60 Top Grossers of 1946", ''Variety'' 8 January 1947 p8]</ref> }} '''''A Stolen Life''''' is a 1946 American [[drama (film and television)\|drama film]] starring [[Bette Davis]], who also produced it. The film, based on the 1935 novel "''A Stolen Life"'' by Karel Josef Benes, ~~and~~ was directed by [[Curtis Bernhardt]]. Among the supporting cast are [[Glenn Ford]], [[Dane Clark]], [[Peggy Knudsen]], [[Charlie Ruggles]], and [[Bruce Bennett]]. ~~The movie~~It is a [[remake]] of athe 1939 British film ''[[Stolen Life (1939 film)\|Stolen Life]]'' starring [[Elisabeth Bergner]] and [[Michael Redgrave]]. It was nominated for [[Academy Award for Best Visual Effects\|Best Special Effects]] ([[William C. McGann]]; Special Audible Effects by [[Nathan Levinson]]) at the [[19th Academy Awards]], but lost to [[Blithe Spirit (1945 film)\|''Blithe Spirit'']]. The second time Davis played twin sisters was in ''[[Dead Ringer (1964 film)\|Dead Ringer]]'' (1964). ==Plot== Kate Bosworth ~~([[Bette Davis]])~~ is a sincere, demure artist who misses her boat to an island off [[New England]], where she intends to meet her twin sister Patricia ~~(also [[Bette Davis\|Davis]])~~ and her cousin Freddie ~~([[Charlie Ruggles]])~~. She persuades Bill Emerson ~~([[Glenn Ford]])~~ to take her home in his boat. Later, their relationship grows while she paints a portrait of Eben Folger ~~([[Walter Brennan]])~~, the old lighthouse keeper, and Kate isfalls very much in love. ~~However, her~~Her sister Pat, a flamboyant, man-hungry manipulator, fools Bill when she first meets him by pretending to be Kate. Pat then pursues him on a trip out of town, and when they return, they announce to Kate their intention to marry. A heartbroken Kate focuses on her work with a rude but very talented artist named Karnock ~~([[Dane Clark]])~~, but rejects his romantic overtures. Bill eventually goes to [[Chile]], allowing Kate to spend some time with her sister, whom she ~~hasn't~~has not seen since the marriage. When the two go sailing, a sudden storm washes Pat overboard and she drowns, her ~~wedding~~sister ~~ring~~inadvertently ~~coming~~seizing ~~off~~her inwedding ~~Kate's hands~~ring while trying to save her. Kate passes out and is washed ashore in the boat. When she regains consciousness, she is mistaken for Pat. Bill is about to return, so Kate decides to assume her late sister's identity. To her surprise, she learns that Bill is angry at Pat for her many affairs and in no mood to continue the marriage. Cousin Freddie has guessed the truth and insists that Kate must reveal to Bill her real identity. When she does, Bill realizes that Kate is the one he truly loves. Line 50 ⟶ 52: * [[Leo White]] as Waiter (uncredited) ==Box ~~Office~~office== According to Warner Bros. records, the film earned $3,222,000 domestically and $1,563,000 foreign.<ref name="warners"/> Line 61 ⟶ 63: * {{amg movie\|46948}} * {{tcmdb title\|1836}} * {{AFI film\|id=~~52300~~24981\|title=A Stolen Life}} {{Curtis Bernhardt}} Line 70 ⟶ 72: [[Category:American drama films]] [[Category:American black-and-white films]] [[Category:English-language films]]▼ [[Category:American remakes of British films]] [[Category:Films scored by Max Steiner]] Line 76 ⟶ 77: [[Category:Films set in Massachusetts]] [[Category:Films about twin sisters]] [[Category:~~American~~Warner Bros. films]] ▲[[Category:1940s English-language films]] [[Category:1940s American films]]