Question 1

Which film featured the first screen depiction of schizophrenia?

Accepted Answer

Private Worlds (1935) features the first screen depiction of schizophrenia in Jean Rouverol's character Carrie Flint.

Question 2

How did Charles Boyer's role in Private Worlds connect to his later film The Cobweb?

Accepted Answer

In Private Worlds, Charles Boyer plays a French psychiatrist heading a mental hospital; twenty years later in The Cobweb (1955), he plays a similar role that seems like a continuation.

Question 3

What happened to the rights of Private Worlds after its initial release?

Accepted Answer

It was one of over 700 Paramount films sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for TV distribution, and has been owned by Universal ever since; its earliest known telecast was in Seattle on August 31, 1959.

Question 4

Which radio adaptations featured Claudette Colbert reprising her role from Private Worlds?

Accepted Answer

The Screen Guild Theater broadcast radio adaptations on January 28, 1940 and September 10, 1945, both with Claudette Colbert reprising her role as Dr. Jane Everest.

Question 5

What conflict drives the plot of Private Worlds?

Accepted Answer

At Brentwood Asylum, psychiatrist partners Jane Everest and Alex MacGregor are split by new superintendent Dr. Charles Monet, who disrespects women physicians. Jane clashes with him over patient treatment and learns of his sister Claire's mysterious past.

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