Editing Private Worlds

{{short description|1935 film by Gregory La Cava}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}
{{for multi|the novels|Private Worlds (Bottome novel)|and|Private Worlds (Gainham novel)}}
{{Infobox film
| name           = Private Worlds
| image          = PrivateWorlds.jpg
| caption        =
| director       = [[Gregory La Cava]]
| producer       = [[Walter Wanger]]
| based_on = ''[[Private Worlds (novel)|Private Worlds]]'' by [[Phyllis Bottome]] 
| writer         = Gregory La Cava<br>[[Lynn Starling]]
| starring       = [[Claudette Colbert]]<br>[[Charles Boyer]]<br>[[Joel McCrea]]<br>[[Joan Bennett]]<br>[[Helen Vinson]]
| music          = [[Heinz Roemheld]] (uncredited)
| cinematography = [[Leon Shamroy]]
| editing        = [[Aubrey Scotto]]
| studio         = [[Paramount Pictures]]
| distributor    = Paramount Pictures
| released       = {{Film date|1935|04|19}}
| runtime        = 84 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $435,032<ref name="wagner">Matthew Bernstein, ''Walter Wagner: Hollywood Independent'', Minnesota Press, 2000 p435</ref>
| gross          = $819,118<ref name="wagner"/>
}} 
'''''Private Worlds''''' is a 1935 American [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] which tells the story of the staff and patients at a [[mental hospital]] and the chief of the hospital, who has problems dealing with a female psychiatrist. The film stars [[Claudette Colbert]], [[Charles Boyer]], [[Joel McCrea]], [[Joan Bennett]], and [[Helen Vinson]].

The movie was written by [[Phyllis Bottome]], [[Gregory La Cava]], and [[Lynn Starling]] and was directed by La&nbsp;Cava. Cinematographer [[Leon Shamroy]] used early [[zoom lens]]es to create special effects for the film.

Claudette Colbert was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] for the film.

The film is based on the 1934 [[Private Worlds (novel)|novel of the same title]] by British writer [[Phyllis Bottome]], who has had several of her works transferred to film, such as ''[[The Mortal Storm]]'' (MGM, 1940).

==Plot==
The film tells of problems in the lives of doctors and patients. A female doctor (Colbert) probes the twisted minds of her patients in a mental institution. The very caring psychiatrist and her colleague face discrimination by a conservative new supervisor.

== Cast ==
*[[Claudette Colbert]] as Dr. Jane Everest 
*[[Charles Boyer]] as Dr. Charles Monet 
*[[Joan Bennett]] as Sally MacGregor 
*[[Helen Vinson]] as Claire Monet 
*[[Joel McCrea]] as Dr. Alex MacGregor 
*[[Jean Rouverol]] as Carrie Flint 
*[[Esther Dale]] as Matron 
*[[Guinn Williams (actor)|Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams]] as Jerry 
*Dora Clement as Bertha Hirst 
*Sam Godfrey as Tom Hirst 
*[[Samuel S. Hinds]] as Dr. Arnold 
*[[Theodore von Eltz]] as Dr. Harding 
*[[Stanley Andrews]] as Dr. Barnes

==Reception==
The film had a loss of $10,458.<ref name="wagner"/>

==References==
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== External links ==
* {{tcmdb title|id=87233|title=Private Worlds}}
* {{IMDb title|0026893|Private Worlds}}

{{Gregory La Cava}}
{{Walter Wanger}}

[[Category:1935 films]]
[[Category:American black-and-white films]]
[[Category:Paramount Pictures films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Gregory La Cava]]
[[Category:Films about psychiatry]]
[[Category:1935 drama films]]
[[Category:Films produced by Walter Wanger]]
[[Category:American drama films]]
[[Category:Films based on British novels]]
[[Category:1930s American films]]
[[Category:1930s English-language films]]


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