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The Snake Pit is a 1948 American psychological drama film directed by Anatole Litvak and starring Olivia de Havilland, Mark Stevens, Leo Genn, Celeste Holm, Beulah Bondi, and Lee Patrick.
Jul 29, 2021 · Directed by Anatole Litvak. Starring Olivia de Havilland, Mark Stevens, Leo Genn, Celeste Holm, Beulah Bondi, and Lee Patrick. A dramatic best-seller, The Snake Pit vividly depicts one woman's plunge into the nightmare world of the mentally ill and her agonizing climb back to health and freedom.
The Snake Pit: Directed by Anatole Litvak. With Olivia de Havilland, Mark Stevens, Leo Genn, Celeste Holm. Virginia Cunningham can't recall how she landed in an asylum. In flashback, her husband Robert relates their courtship, marriage, and her developing symptoms.
Apr 27, 2019 · The Snake Pit A detailed chronicle of a woman during her stay in a mental institution. Director: Anatole Litvak Writers: Frank Partos (screen play), Millen Brand (screen play)...
Page 1 of 6, 11 total items. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. In this psychological drama, Virginia Cunningham (Olivia de Havilland) is confused upon finding herself in a mental hospital, with no ...
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Feb 20, 2020 · One of the films that packed a serious punch is Anatole Litvak’s The Snake Pit starring cinema legend Olivia de Havilland. Released in 1948 by 20 th Century Fox, The Snake Pit sparked discussions about mental health issues in the U.S. and helped changed how treatment was applied.
Dec 8, 2023 · 1948: The Snake Pit. Seventy-five years ago, Olivia de Havilland starred in a film that humanized women struggling with mental health, and together with director Anatole Litvak, created a ...
Nov 2, 2013 · Virginia Cunningham is confused upon finding herself in a mental hospital, with no memory of her arrival at the institution. Tormented by delusions and unable to even recognize her husband, Robert, she is treated by Dr. Mark Kik, who is determined to get to the root of her mental illness.
Nov 4, 2018 · On Nov. 4, 1948, 20th Century Fox unveiled the Olivia de Havilland drama The Snake Pit at its New York City premiere. The film went on to earn six Oscar nominations at the 21st Academy Awards,...
The asylum staff are not demonized, but fear, ignorance, and regimentation keep Virginia in a state of misery as pipe-smoking Dr. Mark Kik struggles through wheels within wheels to find the root of her problem. Then a relapse plunges Virginia back into the harrowing 'Snake Pit.' —Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
