The Snake Pit

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film psychological drama film

The Snake Pit is a 1948 psychological drama film about a woman’s harrowing experiences in a mental institution, noted for its early, serious depiction of mental illness.

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The Snake Pit canonical 22
The Snake Pit (1948 film) 3
The Snake Pit (1946 novel) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film ⓘ
psychological drama film ⓘ
academyAwardForBestActress nominated ⓘ
academyAwardForBestDirector nominated ⓘ
academyAwardForBestMusicScoringOfADramaticOrComedyPicture nominated ⓘ
academyAwardForBestSoundRecording nominated ⓘ
academyAwardForBestSoundRecordingStudio 20th Century Fox ⓘ
surface form: 20th Century Fox Sound Department
academyAwardForBestWritingScreenplay nominated ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork Mary Jane Ward ⓘ
basedOn The Snake Pit self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Snake Pit (novel)
cinematographyBy Leo Tover ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Anatole Litvak ⓘ
distributedInFormat black-and-white ⓘ
distributor 20th Century Fox ⓘ
editedBy Dorothy Spencer ⓘ
filmEditingAcademyAward nominated ⓘ
filmMovement Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
surface form: classical Hollywood cinema
genre drama film ⓘ
psychological drama ⓘ
hasTheme identity and memory loss ⓘ
marital relationships ⓘ
mental health reform ⓘ
stigma of mental illness ⓘ
mainCharacter Virginia Cunningham ⓘ
musicBy Alfred Newman ⓘ
narrativeFocus woman’s experiences in a mental institution ⓘ
notableFor early serious depiction of mental illness in Hollywood cinema ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
portrays institutionalization ⓘ
mental illness ⓘ
psychiatric hospitals ⓘ
producer Anatole Litvak ⓘ
productionCompany 20th Century Fox ⓘ
releaseDate 1948-11-04 ⓘ
releaseYear 1948 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 108 ⓘ
screenwriter Frank Partos ⓘ
Millen Brand ⓘ
setInPeriod 1940s ⓘ
starring Celeste Holm ⓘ
Lee Patrick ⓘ
Leo Genn ⓘ
Mark Stevens ⓘ
Natalie Schafer ⓘ
Olivia de Havilland ⓘ
wonAward National Board of Review Award for Best Film ⓘ
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress ⓘ
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director ⓘ

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Celeste Holm → performedIn → The Snake Pit ⓘ
The Snake Pit → basedOn → The Snake Pit self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Snake Pit (novel)
Leo Genn → notableWork → The Snake Pit ⓘ
Millen Brand → notableWork → The Snake Pit ⓘ
Olivia de Havilland → notableWork → The Snake Pit ⓘ
Anatole Litvak → notableWork → The Snake Pit ⓘ
Anatole Litvak → directed → The Snake Pit ⓘ
Leo Tover → workedOn → The Snake Pit ⓘ
Leo Tover → notableWork → The Snake Pit ⓘ
Frank Partos → notableWork → The Snake Pit ⓘ
Emil Newman → workedOn → The Snake Pit ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Snake Pit (film)
Leif Erickson → notableWork → The Snake Pit ⓘ
Mary Jane Ward → notableWork → The Snake Pit ⓘ
Mary Jane Ward → hasWritten → The Snake Pit ⓘ
Selena Royle → notableWork → The Snake Pit ⓘ
Taylor Holmes → notableWork → The Snake Pit ⓘ
Virginia Cunningham → protagonistOf → The Snake Pit ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Snake Pit (1948 film)
Virginia Cunningham → appearsIn → The Snake Pit ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Snake Pit (1948 film)
Virginia Cunningham → firstAppearance → The Snake Pit ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Snake Pit (1946 novel)
21st Academy Awards → bestSoundRecordingWinnerFilm → The Snake Pit ⓘ
Litvak → notableWork → The Snake Pit ⓘ
subject surface form: Anatole Litvak
Louis Loeffler → notableWork → The Snake Pit ⓘ
Charles LeMaire → notableWork → The Snake Pit ⓘ
Minor Watson → notableWork → The Snake Pit ⓘ
Minor Watson → appearedIn → The Snake Pit ⓘ
Irma von Cube → workedOn → The Snake Pit ⓘ
Ruth Nelson → notableWork → The Snake Pit ⓘ
James B. Clark → edited → The Snake Pit ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Snake Pit (1948 film)