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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)

Of Human Bondage
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Released in USA 20 july 1934
Length 1h23
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Romance
Rating69% 3.4956553.4956553.4956553.4956553.495655

Of 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.

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William Somerset Maugham

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