. that the bette davis version of this film be good than the kim novak version . despite all of the other comment write here and i really prefer the bette davis version and even though the novak version have a more coherent story line . however represent davis mildred raw emotion seem to me to be more apt to a sluttish girl who seem easily to become a prostitute . and it be those raw emotion that constitute part of what the poor doctor fall in love with . he have emotion of despair and of failure and of otherness strong emotion that he repress . davis mildred and on the other hand and display her emotion immediately and without censure . she have no feeling of despair and or of failure and or of otherness while rather and she be merely survive a a poor cockney woman in the victorian era . novak portrayal be a more vulnerable mildred than be davis and almost through the the whole movie . davis mildred be never vulnerable until she actually have to go to the doctor and beg for assistance . and when he revile her for her method of keep body and soul together and and for continually take advantage of his love for her she unleash arguably the most passionate repudiation of snobbish holy than thou attitude ever see on screen represent i wipe my mouth . i wipe my mouth . novak vulnerability be excellent . davis realism be monumental . imdb vote concur .