Dark Victory (1939)
Directed by Edmund Goulding
Socialite Judith Traherne lives a lavish but emotionally empty life. Riding horses is one of her few joys, and her stable master is secretly in love with her. Told she has a brain tumor by her doctor, Frederick Steele, Judith becomes distraught. After she decides to have surgery to remove the tumor, Judith realizes she is in love with Dr. Steele, but more troubling medical news may sabotage her new relationship, and her second chance at life.
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What critics compared Dark Victory to
Meanwhile, War for the Planet of the Apes writer-director Matt Reeves pitched an alternate take on the character’s early years, focusing on Batman’s detective skills and drawing inspiration from the long-form storytelling of classic comic arcs The Long Halloween and Dark Victory .
Both movies are just adolescent variants of 1940s weepies like “Dark Victory,” and neither is likely to have much of an impact on anybody besides the most susceptible teenage girls.