The snake pit

Resource Information

The work The snake pit represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in San Francisco Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

The snake pit

Statement of responsibility

20th Century Fox ; Darryl F. Zanuck presents ; screen play by Frank Partos and Millen Brand ; produced by Anatole Litvak and Robert Bassler ; directed by Anatole Litvak

Contributor

• Holm, Celeste, 1917-2012
• Bassler, Robert, 1903-1975
• Langan, Glenn, 1917-1991
• Litvak, Anatole, 1902-1974
• Twilight Time (Firm)
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
• Locke, Katherine, 1910-1995
• Newman, Alfred, 1901-1970
• Partos, Frank, 1901-1956
• Patrick, Lee, 1901-1982
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
• Schafer, Natalie, 1900-1991
• Spencer, Dorothy, 1909-2002
• Stevens, Mark, 1916-1994
• Tover, Leo, 1902-1964
• Ward, Mary Jane, 1905-1981
• Wheeler, Lyle, 1905-1990
• Wright, Joseph C.
• Zanuck, Darryl Francis, 1902-1979
• Craig, Helen, 1912-1986
• Donnelly, Ruth, 1896-1982
• Conroy, Frank, 1890-1964
• Erickson, Leif, 1911-1986
• Cashin, Bonnie
• Freeman, Howard, 1899-1967
• Genn, Leo, 1905-1978
• Brand, Millen, 1906-1980
• Gombell, Minna, 1892-1973
• Bondi, Beulah, 1892-1981
• De Havilland, Olivia

Actor

• Craig, Helen, 1912-1986
• Stevens, Mark, 1916-1994
• Schafer, Natalie, 1900-1991
• Patrick, Lee, 1901-1982
• Locke, Katherine, 1910-1995
• Langan, Glenn, 1917-1991
• Bondi, Beulah, 1892-1981
• Holm, Celeste, 1917-2012
• Gombell, Minna, 1892-1973
• Genn, Leo, 1905-1978
• Freeman, Howard, 1899-1967
• Erickson, Leif, 1911-1986
• Conroy, Frank, 1890-1964
• Donnelly, Ruth, 1896-1982
• De Havilland, Olivia

Art director

• Wright, Joseph C.
• Wheeler, Lyle, 1905-1990

Costume designer

• Cashin, Bonnie

Director of photography

• Tover, Leo, 1902-1964

Editor of moving image work

• Spencer, Dorothy, 1909-2002

Film director

• Litvak, Anatole, 1902-1974

Film distributor

• Twilight Time (Firm)

Film producer

• Bassler, Robert, 1903-1975
• Litvak, Anatole, 1902-1974

Presenter

• Zanuck, Darryl Francis, 1902-1979

Production company

• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Publisher

• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc

Screenwriter

• Partos, Frank, 1901-1956
• Brand, Millen, 1906-1980

Subject

• Mentally ill women -- Medical care -- Drama
• Mentally ill -- Drama
• Film adaptations
• Asylums -- Drama
• Fiction films
• Feature films
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Genre

• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Fiction films
• Feature films
• Film adaptations
• Drama

Language

• eng
• eng

Summary

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

Member of

• Limited edition series (Twilight Time (Firm))
• Snake pit (Motion picture)

Awards note

Venice Film Festival, 1949: International Award (Anatole Litvak) ; Best Actress (Olivia de Havilland).

Cataloging source

TKL

Characteristic

videorecording

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Credits note

Director of photography, Leo Tover ; film editor, Dorothy Spencer ; music, Alfred Newman ; costume designer, Bonnie Cashin ; art directors, Lyle Wheeler, Joseph C. Wright

Intended audience

Not rated

Language note

In English; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)

PerformerNote

Olivia de Havilland, Mark Stevens, Leo Genn, Celeste Holm, Glenn Langan, Helen Craig, Leif Erickson, Beulah Bondi, Lee Patrick, Howard Freeman, Natalie Schafer, Ruth Donnelly, Katherine Locke, Frank Conroy, Minna Gombell

Runtime

108

Series statement

The limited edition series

Technique

live action