The Snake Pit (1948), Olivia de Havilland - April 16, 2019

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The Snake Pit (1948) will be released on Blu-ray by Twilight Time on April 16, 2019. This will be a limited edition of 3000 copies.

From a 2017 4K Restoration.

From TCM...When his new bride exhibits erratic behavior following a bout with depression, Robert Cunningham has no choice but to commit her to a mental institution. Despite the efforts of a kind and caring doctor, the young woman faces the horrors of being confined with other mental patients, some in much worse states than she, while also enduring shock therapy, drug treatment and hydrotherapy.

TCM background on the film.....After a nervous breakdown that led to an eight month stay in New York's Rockland State mental hospital, Mary Jane Ward wrote The Snake Pit, a novel inspired by her experiences. She sold it to Random House in 1945. The title came from the ancient practice of throwing the insane into a pit of snakes in hopes that it would shock them back to sanity.

Directed by Anatole Litvak (The Night of the Generals, Sorry Wrong Number, Anastasia, The Deep Blue Sea, Five Miles to Midnight)

Starring:

Olivia de Havilland (Gone with the Wind, The Adventures of Robin Hood, Hold Back the Dawn, They Died with Their Boots On, The Dark Mirror, The Heiress, My Cousin Rachel, To Each His Own)

Mark Stevens (The Street with No Name, Cry Vengeance, Torpedo Alley, Pride of the Marines, Oh You Beautiful Doll)

Music by Alfred Newman, one of the legends, who scored over 200 films, including The Song of Bernadette, The Grapes of Wrath, Gunga Din, The Mark of Zorro, How Green Was My Valley, Dragonwyck, Call Northside 777, Cry of the City, The Robe, The Egyptian, The Seven Year Itch, The Best of Everything, Flower Drum Song, The King and I, and South Pacific.

Cinematography by Leo Tover, whose filmography includes The Day the Earth Stood Still, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Untamed, The Heiress, Hold Back the Dawn, I Walk Alone, Blue Denim, and From the Terrace.





Trailer

THE SNAKE PIT (1948) trailer. Starring OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND. - YouTube