While helping his assistant pack the office before their departure for Vermont, Judy discovers her case history file containing letters from several doctors, all of them confirming Steele's prognosis. Judy and Steele become involved romantically and eventually engaged.

Geraldine Fitzgerald and Bette Davis, after 'Judy' has lost her sight, in final minutes of Dark Victory She agrees to remain silent and continue the lie. Steele tells Ann, 'she must never know' she will die soon. As he is a poor liar, Ann is suspicious and confronts Steele, who admits the truth. To allow her a few more months of happiness, Steele opts to lie to Judy and Ann and assures them the surgery was a success. The end will be painless but swift shortly after experiencing total blindness, Judy will die. Steele discovers the tumor cannot be removed entirely and realizes she has less than a year to live. When diagnostic tests confirm his suspicions, Judy agrees to surgery to remove a malignant glioma brain tumor. Steele convinces her the ailments she is experiencing are severe and potentially life-threatening and puts his career plans on hold to tend to her. She shows signs of short-term memory loss but dismisses her symptoms. He reluctantly agrees to see Judy, who acts coldly and is openly antagonistic towards him. Frederick Steele, ( George Brent), is closing his New York City office in preparation for a move to Brattleboro, Vermont, where he plans to devote his time to brain cell research and scientific study on their growth. She initially ignores severe headaches and brief episodes of dizziness and double vision, but when she uncharacteristically takes a spill while riding and then tumbles down a flight of stairs, her secretary and best friend Ann King insists she see the family doctor, who refers her to a specialist.ĭr.

Judith 'Judy' Traherne ( Bette Davis), is a young, carefree, hedonistic Long Island socialite and heiress with a passion for horses, fast cars, and too much smoking and drinking.

Edge by Cora Brent