| The Story of Dr. Wassell | |
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| Directed by | Cecil B. DeMille |
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| Produced by | Cecil B. DeMille |
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| Edited by | Anne Bauchens |
| Music by | Victor Young |
| Color process | Technicolor |
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| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 140 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2,744,991[1] |
| Box office | $6,222,192[1] |
The Story of Dr. Wassell is a 1944 American World War II film set in the Dutch East Indies, directed by Cecil B. DeMille, and starring Gary Cooper, Laraine Day, Signe Hasso and Dennis O'Keefe. The film was based on a book of the same name by novelist and screenwriter James Hilton.
The book and film were inspired by the wartime activities of U.S. Navy Doctor Corydon M. Wassell which were referred to by President Roosevelt in a radio broadcast made in April 1942. The appropriate section of this broadcast appears toward the end of the film.
For their work on this film, Farciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings and George Dutton received a nomination for the Oscar for Best Effects.[2]
- ^ a b c Birchard, Robert S. (2004). Cecil B. DeMille's Hollywood. Lexington, Kentucky: University of Kentucky Press. p. 323. ISBN 978-0-8131-2324-0.
- ^ "The 17th Academy Awards (1945) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2013-06-23.