Private Worlds (1935)
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The first major film about psychiatry, Private Worlds stars Claudette Colbert as a psychiatrist with more than a few problems of her own. Colbert's appointment to a top mental hospital is frowned upon by head doctor Charles Boyer, who doesn't have much confidence in woman doctors of any… More The first major film about psychiatry, Private Worlds stars Claudette Colbert as a psychiatrist with more than a few problems of her own. Colbert's appointment to a top mental hospital is frowned upon by head doctor Charles Boyer, who doesn't have much confidence in woman doctors of any kind. A secondary storyline involves Boyer's sister Helen Vinson, who lusts for a young married doctor (Joel McCrea). The doctor's wife (Joan Bennett) subsequently goes insane in an "off-angled" scene anticipating the techniques of film noir by nearly a decade. Meanwhile, doctors Boyer and Colbert establish a mutual respect which deepens into love. Based on a novel by Phyllis Bottomes, Private Worlds is stronger in its vignettes (including a scene in which Boyer comforts a dying patient by speaking a few words in the patient's native tongue) than in its longer "plot" scenes. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Gregory La Cava
- Written By
- Gregory La Cava, Phyllis Bottome
- Genres
- Drama, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Mar 9, 1935 Limited
Critic Reviews
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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
Claudette Colbert received her second Best Actress oscar nomination for playing a doctor in this Hollywood melodrama about mental illness
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Cast
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Claudette Colbert
as Dr. Jane Everest
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Charles Boyer
as Dr. Charles Monet
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Joan Bennett
as Sally MacGregor
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Joel McCrea
as Dr. Alex MacGregor
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Helen Vinson
as Claire Monet
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Samuel S. Hinds
as Dr. Arnold
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Esther Dale
as Matron
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Jean Rouverol
as Carrie Flynn
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Theodore von Eltz
as Dr. Harding
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Stanley Andrews
as Dr. Barnes
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Nick Shaid
as Arab Patient
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Irving Bacon
as McLean Male Nurse
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Harry C. Bradley
as Johnson's Father
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Dora Clement
as Bertha Hirst
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Sam Godfrey
as Tom Hirst
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Arnold Gray
as Clarkson
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Julian Madison
as Johnson
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Monte Vandergrift
as Dawson
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Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
as Jerry
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Maurice Murphy
as Boy in Car
