Directed by:
Gregory La CavaCinematography:
Leon ShamroyComposer:
Heinz RoemheldCast:
Claudette Colbert, Charles Boyer, Joan Bennett, Helen Vinson, Joel McCrea, Jean Rouverol, Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams, Theodore von Eltz, Bess Flowers (more)Plots(1)
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. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Claudette Colbert
France
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Charles Boyer
France
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Joan Bennett
USA
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Helen Vinson
USA
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Joel McCrea
USA
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Jean Rouverol
USA
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Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
USA
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Theodore von Eltz
USA
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Bess Flowers
USA
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Irving Bacon
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Samuel S. Hinds
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Stanley Andrews
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Harry C. Bradley
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Esther Dale
USA
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Leila McIntyre
USA
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Monte Vandergrift
USA
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Dora Clement
USA
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Maurice Murphy
USA
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Julian Madison
USA
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