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Dark Victory

(Edmund Goulding, 1939)

The Snake Pit

(Anatole Litvak, 1948)

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Dark Victory stars Bette Davis as a spoiled heiress diagnosed with a fatal brain tumor. Her doctor (George Brent) decides to keep her prognosis a secret, offering many opportunities for drama and melodrama. Also with Humphrey Bogart. (104 mins., 35mm)

Responsible for many reforms in the mental health field (due to its portrayal of troubling hospital conditions), The Snake Pit features Olivia de Havilland as a young woman confined to an insane asylum with no memory of how she got there. (108 mins., 35mm)

Sponsored by Ohio State’s Wexner Medical Center, College of Medicine, Student Health Services, Wexner Center for the Arts, Department of Classics, Department of English and its Project Narrative, Department of French and Italian, Humanities Institute, Digital Storytelling Program (a cooperative effort of the Digital Union and University Libraries), Film Studies Program, Popular Culture Studies, Disability Studies (a program of DISCO, the Disability & Identity Studies Cooperative), and Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum. Support provided by an Ohio State University Arts and Humanities Research Enhancement Grant.

SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS
FOR FILM/VIDEO
Rohauer Collection Foundation

PREFERRED AIRLINES
American Airlines/American Eagle

GENERAL SUPPORT FOR
THE WEXNER CENTER
Greater Columbus Arts Council
Columbus Foundation
Nationwide Foundation
Ohio Arts Council

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Dark Victory