Private Worlds

PrivateWorlds
Directed by Gregory La Cava
Produced by Walter Wanger
Written by Gregory La Cava
Lynn Starling
Phyllis Bottome (story)
Starring Claudette Colbert
Charles Boyer
Joel McCrea
Joan Bennett
Helen Vinson
Music by Heinz Roemheld (uncredited)
Cinematography Leon Shamroy
Edited by Aubrey Scotto
Production
company
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release dates
  • April 19, 1935 (1935-04-19)
Running time
 84 min
Country United States
Language English
Budget $435,032[1]
Box office $819,118[1]

Private Worlds is a 1935 drama film which tells the story of the staff and patients at a mental hospital, and the chief of the hospital who has problems dealing with a female psychiatrist. The film stars Claudette Colbert, Charles Boyer, Joel McCrea, Joan Bennett, and Helen Vinson.

The movie was written by Phyllis Bottome, Gregory La Cava and Lynn Starling, and was directed by La Cava. Cinematographer Leon Shamroy used early zoom lenses to create special effects for the film.

It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress (Claudette Colbert).

The film is based on a story by novelist Phyllis Bottome who has had several of her works transferred to film, such as The Mortal Storm (MGM, 1940).

Plot

The film tells the story of problems in the lives of doctors and patients. A female doctor (Colbert) probes the twisted minds of her patients in a mental institution. The very caring psychiatrist and her colleague face discrimination by a conservative new supervisor.

Cast

Reception

The film made a loss of $10,458.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Matthew Bernstein, Walter Wagner: Hollywood Independent, Minnesota Press, 2000 p435


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