"Dark Victory" (prognosis negative): The beginnings of neurology on screen.

Abstract:

:In "Dark Victory," released in theaters in 1939, the diagnosis and management of a progressive brain tumor was a central part of the screenplay, and this film marked the beginnings of the depiction of neurologic disease in cinema. Bette Davis' cinematic portrayal of a young woman dying from a brain tumor is close to the reality of denial, bargaining, a hope for a cure, and final acceptance. "Dark Victory" includes part of a neurologic examination (funduscopy, testing of strength, testing of stereognosis, and tendon reflexes). The film also alludes to decisions on what to tell the patient (better say nothing) and shows an implausible clinical course (an abrupt peaceful ending). The film is unusual in depicting the presentation of a brain tumor, but the cinematic portrayal of the vicissitudes of living with a brain tumor is often close to reality.

journal_name

Neurology

journal_title

Neurology

authors

Wijdicks EFM

doi

10.1212/WNL.0000000000002571

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2016-04-12 00:00:00

pages

1433-1436

issue

15

eissn

0028-3878

issn

1526-632X

pii

WNL.0000000000002571

journal_volume

86

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