20th Century FoxDirected by Anatole Litvak
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, 20th Century Fox)
Best Sound
Nominated: Best Picture
Nominated: Best Actress - Olivia de Havilland
Nominated: Best Director
Nominated: Best Music Score
Nominated: Best Screenplay
Poor Olivia de Havilland gets married and proceeds to have a nervous breakdown. She goes to the state mental hospital and meets nice Dr. Kik. She can't remember a thing so gets shock treatment and then is hypnotized. Eventually she remembers that her father died, then a fiance, and she felt guilty about both. Meanwhile she is moved from ward to ward, where a lower number, say ward one, is for those about ready to be released while higher numbers, like ward 33, are for the real loonies. Well, she goes from one to 33, where people are dancing with themselves, crouched in the corners, etc. This is where she has the "snake pit" fantasy of being in a deep hole with the other animals. A shocker in its day, the impact is much less now.
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, 20th Century Fox)
Best Sound
Nominated: Best Picture
Nominated: Best Actress - Olivia de Havilland
Nominated: Best Director
Nominated: Best Music Score
Nominated: Best Screenplay
Poor Olivia de Havilland gets married and proceeds to have a nervous breakdown. She goes to the state mental hospital and meets nice Dr. Kik. She can't remember a thing so gets shock treatment and then is hypnotized. Eventually she remembers that her father died, then a fiance, and she felt guilty about both. Meanwhile she is moved from ward to ward, where a lower number, say ward one, is for those about ready to be released while higher numbers, like ward 33, are for the real loonies. Well, she goes from one to 33, where people are dancing with themselves, crouched in the corners, etc. This is where she has the "snake pit" fantasy of being in a deep hole with the other animals. A shocker in its day, the impact is much less now.
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