Of Human Bondage (1934)
Adapted from W. Somerset Maugham's (co screen writer) unforgettable novel, Leslie Howard plays medical student Philip Carey who, to his downfall, becomes hopelessly infatuated with an illiterate and dissolute waitress Mildred Rogers (Bette Davis). She cheats on him, abandons him, destroys his property but still Philip can't get over Mildred. The first class drama that launched Bette Davis' career!