The Snake pit

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Call Number: DVD Drama Snake
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Traverwood Branch

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Originally released as a motion picture in 1948.
Based on the novel by Mary Jane Ward.
Special features: documentary by film historian and author Aubrey Solomon; movietone news: "N.Y. film critics honor Olivia de Havilland," "National Magazines Make Film Awards," "Showmen Honor" "The Snake Pit," Special film award is presented for "The Snake Pit," "Motion Picture Academy Awards film 'Oscars'"; still gallery; theatrical trailer.
Olivia De Havilland, Celeste Holm, Mark Stevens, Leo Genn, Glenn Langan.
Following an emotional collapse a woman is placed in a mental institution by her husband. The severity of her depression causes her sympathetic doctor to try electric shock, hydrotherapy, and drugs, along with psychoanalysis.
DVD, region 1, full screen format.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

It's hard to watch old movies about how mental illness, or perceived mental illness, was treated. submitted by lisa on August 4, 2022, 4:21pm I'm sure (or I hope!) people in the future will think the same about us now.

Honestly, in the meantime, films like this should have trigger warnings.