Of Human Bondage

One of the most critically acclaimed dramas of its period, Somerset Maugham's Of Human Bondage is the psychological drama about clubfooted, sensitive med student Philip Carey (Leslie Howard), who is tormented by his obsession with floozy waitress Mildred Rogers (Bette Davis). From here Mildred unleashes a hateful torrent of cruel behavior upon Philip as she ditches him for a salesman but comes crawling back pregnant and abandoned. Philip rents an apartment for her and asks her to marry him. Though they are engaged, she leaves him once again - this time for a fellow med student. Once again, Mildred returns to Philip's open arms - baby and all. But when she destroys his apartment and burns his tuition money, it is the final straw. Philip disentangles himself from Mildred and makes a new life for himself. He has his condition surgically corrected and finds love in the form of sweet Sally Athelny (Frances Dee). But when Philip returns to finish medical training, he learns a shocking truth: Mildred is dying. (Echo Bridge Entertainment)