03 Nov 1945
Stairway to Light
This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short tells the story of 18th Century French physician Dr. Philippe Pinel, who initiated enlightened, humane treatment of the mentally ill.
Bedlam
Beauty at the mercy of madmen!
London, 1761. St. Mary's of Bethlehem, a sinister madhouse, is visited by wealthy people who enjoy watching the patients confined there as if they were caged animals. Nell Bowen, one of the visitors, is horrified by the deplorable living conditions of the unfortunate inhabitants of this godforsaken place, better known as Bedlam.
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Boris Karloff George Sims
Anna Lee Nell Bowen
Billy House Lord Mortimer
Richard Fraser The Stonemason
Glen Vernon The Gilded Boy
Ian Wolfe Sidney Long
Jason Robards Sr. Oliver Todd
Leyland Hodgson 'That Devil' Wilkes
Joan Newton Dorothea the Dove
Elizabeth Russell Mistress Sims
Larry Wheat Podge (uncredited)
Skelton Knaggs Varney (uncredited)
Robert Clarke Dan (uncredited)
Vic Holbrook Tom (uncredited)
Polly Bailey Scrub Woman (uncredited)
John Beck Solomon (uncredited)
Ted Billings Inmate (uncredited)
Ellen Corby Betty, Queen of the Artichokes (uncredited)
Jane Crowley Inmate (uncredited)
Bruce Edwards Warder (uncredited)
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