Of Human Bondage (1946 film)

Of Human Bondage
Theatrical release poster
Directed byEdmund Goulding
Screenplay byCatherine Turney
Based onOf Human Bondage
1915 novel
by W. Somerset Maugham
Produced byHenry Blanke
StarringPaul Henreid
Eleanor Parker
Alexis Smith
Edmund Gwenn
Janis Paige
CinematographyJ. Peverell Marley
Edited byClarence Kolster
Music byErich Wolfgang Korngold
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • July 5, 1946 (1946-07-05)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Of Human Bondage is a 1946 American drama film directed by Edmund Goulding and starring Paul Henreid, Eleanor Parker and Alexis Smith.[1] The second screen adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham's 1915 novel, this Warner Bros. sanitized version was written by Catherine Turney. The central characters are Philip Carey, a clubfooted medical student, and Mildred Rogers, a low-class waitress with whom he becomes obsessed.

The first film version of Somerset Maugham's classic novel was the 1934 film adaptation, starring Leslie Howard and Bette Davis,[2][3] and the third was the 1964 film adaptation, starring Laurence Harvey and Kim Novak.

  1. ^ "Of Human Bondage 1946". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved August 15, 2016.
  2. ^ "Of Human Bondage 1934". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved August 15, 2016.
  3. ^ Brown 1995, p. 119.