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Private Worlds

  • 19351935
  • UnratedUnrated
  • 1h 24m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
340
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POPULARITY
102,123
38,690
Private Worlds (1935)
Drama
The work of a progressive female psychiatrist and her colleague at a mental hospital is threatened by the arrival of a conservative new supervisor, who disapproves of both her methods and th... Read allThe work of a progressive female psychiatrist and her colleague at a mental hospital is threatened by the arrival of a conservative new supervisor, who disapproves of both her methods and the fact that she is a woman in a "man's field."The work of a progressive female psychiatrist and her colleague at a mental hospital is threatened by the arrival of a conservative new supervisor, who disapproves of both her methods and the fact that she is a woman in a "man's field."
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
340
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
102,123
38,690
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    • Director
      • Gregory La Cava
    • Writers
      • Lynn Starling(screenplay and adaptation)
      • Gregory La Cava(screenplay and adaptation)
      • Gladys Unger(additional dialogue)
    • Stars
      • Claudette Colbert
      • Charles Boyer
      • Joan Bennett
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Gregory La Cava
    • Writers
      • Lynn Starling(screenplay and adaptation)
      • Gregory La Cava(screenplay and adaptation)
      • Gladys Unger(additional dialogue)
    • Stars
      • Claudette Colbert
      • Charles Boyer
      • Joan Bennett
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    • 11User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 1 nomination total

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    Private Worlds (1935)
    Joan Bennett and Joel McCrea in Private Worlds (1935)
    Charles Boyer and Claudette Colbert in Private Worlds (1935)
    Joan Bennett in Private Worlds (1935)
    Joan Bennett and Joel McCrea in Private Worlds (1935)
    Claudette Colbert, Gregory La Cava, and Joel McCrea in Private Worlds (1935)
    Private Worlds (1935)
    Private Worlds (1935)
    Private Worlds (1935)
    Private Worlds (1935)
    Joan Bennett, Charles Boyer, Claudette Colbert, and Joel McCrea in Private Worlds (1935)
    Charles Boyer, Claudette Colbert, Joel McCrea, and Helen Vinson in Private Worlds (1935)

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    Claudette Colbert
    Claudette Colbert
    • Dr. Jane Everest
    Charles Boyer
    Charles Boyer
    • Dr. Charles Monet
    Joan Bennett
    Joan Bennett
    • Sally MacGregor
    Helen Vinson
    Helen Vinson
    • Claire Monet
    Joel McCrea
    Joel McCrea
    • Dr. Alex MacGregor
    Jean Rouverol
    Jean Rouverol
    • Carrie Flint
    Esther Dale
    Esther Dale
    • Matron
    Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
    Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
    • Jerry
    Dora Clement
    Dora Clement
    • Bertha Hirst
    Sam Godfrey
    • Tom Hirst
    Samuel S. Hinds
    Samuel S. Hinds
    • Dr. Arnold
    Theodore von Eltz
    Theodore von Eltz
    • Dr. Harding
    Stanley Andrews
    Stanley Andrews
    • Dr. Barnes
    Maurice Murphy
    Maurice Murphy
    • Boy in car
    Eleanore King
    • Carrie's nurse
    Irving Bacon
    Irving Bacon
    • McLean (male nurse)
    Julian Madison
    • Johnson
    Harry C. Bradley
    Harry C. Bradley
    • Johnson's father
    • Director
      • Gregory La Cava
    • Writers
      • Lynn Starling(screenplay and adaptation)
      • Gregory La Cava(screenplay and adaptation)
      • Gladys Unger(additional dialogue)
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    • Trivia
      "The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on January 28, 1940 with Claudette Colbert and Charles Boyer reprising their film roles.
    • Quotes

      Dr. Jane Everest: Everyone's had their crack-up around here; I feel I'm entitled to mine.

    • Connections
      Referenced in Discovering Film: Claudette Colbert (2015)

    User reviews11

    Review
    Top review
    6/10
    Rather disappointing given the presence of so much star power
    Based on a novel by Phyllis Bottome, Colbert and McCrea are progressive psychiatrists who try to improve patient treatment, against the wishes of the local "Send 'em to the padded cell" Nurse Ratched type (Esther Dale). Unfortunately, the new and improved treatment seems to consist of Claudette getting up in the patient's face, grinning like a jack-o'-lantern and saying, "I'm your friend!" That would make me catatonic for sure.

    Joan Bennett, as McCrea's wife, feels threatened by his closeness with Colbert. McCrea expects to be the new head of the institution, but the board chooses a conservative outsider (Boyer). If you aren't expecting a hate-turns-to-love vibe for Boyer and Colbert, you haven't watched enough movies. To get revenge on Boyer, McCrea starts an affair with Boyer's nutso sister (Helen Vinson). Charles Boyer and Helen Vinson are the least likely siblings this side of Dean Martin and Wendy Hiller in Toys in the Attic, and we never learn why one talks like Paris, France, and one talks like Paris, Texas.

    Gregory La Cava is a fine director of romantic comedy, but this film needed an Edmund Goulding or John Cromwell, someone who could develop the domestic melodrama implicit in this material. All of the "sane" people come close to breaking down at one point or another, and that could have been the unifying theme behind the script. The pacing is off, and the script is too talky. The four stars are effectively cast, and several rounds of script revision and perhaps a different director might have made this a much better film.

    One of the mental patients (the one who keeps saying "I'm Carrie Flint!") is played by Jean Rouverol, who would be blacklisted and eventually would write for the soaps.
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    • Release date
      • April 19, 1935 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Mundos individuales
    • Filming locations
      • General Service Studios - 1040 N. Las Palmas, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Walter Wanger Productions
      • Paramount Pictures
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 24 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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