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.

Aliases (2)

The Snake Pit (film) ×1
The Snake Pit (novel) ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film → psychological drama film →
academyAwardForBestActress	nominated →
academyAwardForBestDirector	nominated →
academyAwardForBestMusicScoringOfADramaticOrComedyPicture	nominated →
academyAwardForBestSoundRecording	nominated →
academyAwardForBestSoundRecordingStudio	20th Century Fox Sound Department →
academyAwardForBestWritingScreenplay	nominated →
authorOfSourceWork	Mary Jane Ward →
basedOn	The Snake Pit (novel) →
cinematographyBy	Leo Tover →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
director	Anatole Litvak →
distributedInFormat	black-and-white →
distributor	20th Century Fox →
editedBy	Dorothy Spencer →
filmEditingAcademyAward	nominated →
filmMovement	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 →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Anatole Litvak → Frank Partos → Leo Genn → Leo Tover → Millen Brand → Olivia de Havilland →	notableWork
Emil Newman ("The Snake Pit (film)") → Leo Tover →	workedOn
The Snake Pit ("The Snake Pit (novel)") →	basedOn
Anatole Litvak →	directed
Celeste Holm →	performedIn