What does Now Voyager mean?

The title comes from a line in the Walt Whitman poem "The Untold Want," which reads, The untold want by life and land ne'er granted, / Now voyager sail thou forth to seek and find.

Hereof, how does Now Voyager end?

The film ends ambiguously; Jerry is still married, without much chance of being divorced from his troublesome wife, but the newly self-confident Charlotte is willing to wait forever if need be.

One may also ask, how old was Bette Davis in the movie Now Voyager? They say, you'll never forget the first. I'll always remember my first Bette Davis movie, Now Voyager. I was nineteen, and at the time the only 'old movies' I was familiar with were a handful of Capra films and of course the required essential, Casablanca.

Keeping this in consideration, what is Voyager now?

Boston heiress Charlotte Vale (Bette Davis) is a neurotic mess, largely because of her domineering mother (Gladys Cooper). But after a stint in a sanatorium where she receives the attention of Dr. Jasquith (Claude Rains), Charlotte comes out of her shell and elects to go on a cruise. Aboard ship she meets Jerry (Paul Henreid) and falls in love, despite his being married. They enjoy a brief tryst in Rio before returning to the States, where Charlotte struggles to forget him and find happiness.

Who played the nurse in Now Voyager?

Cast (in credits order) verified as complete

Bette Davis	Charlotte Vale
Franklin Pangborn	Mr. Thompson
Katharine Alexander	Miss Trask (as Katherine Alexander)
James Rennie	Frank McIntyre
Mary Wickes	Dora Pickford

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