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
Editing by	Aubrey Scotto
Studio	Paramount Pictures
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date(s)	19 April 1935
Running time	84 min
Country	USA
Language	English

Private Worlds (1935) is a 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. It 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. It was directed by La Cava.

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

It tells the story of problems in the lives of doctors and patients. A female doctor 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

• Claudette Colbert as Dr. Jane Everest
• Charles Boyer as Dr. Charles Monet
• Joan Bennett as Sally MacGregor
• Helen Vinson as Claire Monet
• Joel McCrea as Dr. Alex MacGregor
• Jean Rouverol as Carrie Flint
• Esther Dale as Matron
• Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams as Jerry
• Dora Clement as Bertha Hirst
• Sam Godfrey as Tom Hirst
• Samuel S. Hinds as Dr. Arnold
• Theodore von Eltz as Dr. Harding
• Stanley Andrews as Dr. Barnes
• Maurice Murphy as Boy in car
• Eleanore King as Carrie's nurse

External links

• Private Worlds at the TCM Movie Database
• PrivateWorlds at the Internet Movie Database
• PrivateWorlds at AllRovi