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The Snake Pit (1948)
“The Snake Pit” has Olivia de Havilland play the part of Virginia Cunningham, a young woman who finds herself locked up in a mental asylum. The film is taken from a novel by Mary Jane Ward and is directed by Anotole Litvak. It combines the point of view of the disoriented and harassed patient, Virginia, with external elements that keep the film firmly grounded in reality. In spite of the efforts of her loving husband (Mark Stevens) and Dr. Mark Kik (Leo Genn) to reach her, 
the harrowing experiences of the mental patient continue for a full two hours. “The Snake Pit” is an unusually honest film about mental illness for 1948, even if it does enter the realms of the melodramatic and over the top psycho-analysis at times.>>Real Life: John struggled with the mental grief of a lifelong physical affliction. Why couldn't he just be normal?
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Posted on Saturday, May 8, 2010 at 06:39AM
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Catherine Savard
in 1940's films, Anatole Litvak, Mary Jane Ward, Olivia de Havilland, drama, video trailer
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Catherine Savard
in 1940's films, Anatole Litvak, Mary Jane Ward, Olivia de Havilland, drama, video trailer
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