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Of Human Bondage is a american film of genre Drama directed by John Cromwell released in USA on 20 july 1934 with Leslie Howard
Of Human Bondage (1934)
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Add to a movie listOf Human Bondage is a 1934 American drama film directed by John Cromwell and is widely regarded by critics as the film that made Bette Davis a star. The screenplay by Lester Cohen is based on the 1915 novel of the same title by W. Somerset Maugham. The film was remade in 1946 and again in 1964.
Synopsis
Sensitive, club-footed artist Philip Carey is a Briton who has been studying painting in Paris for four years. His art teacher tells him his work lacks talent, so he returns to London to become a medical doctor, but his moodiness and chronic self-doubt make it difficult for him to keep up in his schoolwork.Actors
Leslie Howard
(Philip Carey)
Bette Davis
(Mildred Rogers)
Frances Dee
(Sally Athelny)
Kay Johnson
(Norah)
Reginald Denny
(Harry Griffiths)
William Somerset Maugham
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