
Stairway to Light (1945)
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- Approved
- 10min
- Short, Drama
- 03 Nov 1945 (USA)
- Short
- Won 1 Oscar.
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John Nesbitt | ... |
Narrator (voice)
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Harry Cording | ... |
Townsman in Montage (uncredited)
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Lotte Palfi Andor | ... |
Supporting Role (uncredited)
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Dewey Robinson | ... |
Head Keeper - Man Wiping Pinel's Face (uncredited)
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Gene Roth | ... |
Hector Chevigny (uncredited)
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Harry Wilson | ... |
Keeper Hosing Down Mental Patient (uncredited)
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Wolfgang Zilzer | ... |
Dr. Philippe Pinel (uncredited)
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Directed by
Sammy Lee |
Written by
John Nesbitt | ... | (story) |
Rosemary Foster | ... | (screenplay) |
Produced by
Herbert Moulton | ... | producer (uncredited) |
Music by
Max Terr |
Cinematography by
Charles Salerno Jr. |
Film Editing by
Harry Komer |
Art Direction by
Richard Duce |
Music Department
Albert Glasser | ... | orchestrator (uncredited) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1945) (United States) (theatrical)
- Warner Home Video (2008) (Canada) (DVD)
- Warner Home Video (2008) (United States) (DVD) (Included with "The Picture of Dorian Gray")
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Plot Summary |
Part of MGM's Passing Parade series, the focus is on Dr. Phillippe Pinel, head of an asylum during the time of the French Revolution. Pinel couldn't believe what he found on his first inspection of the facility. Several of the inmates had been there for 30 years or more and lived in horrible conditions, a prison rather than a hospital. He believed that the mentally could be cured and within two years of over a hundred inmates were released. His work was not popular and he was beaten on the street only to be rescued by one of the inmates he had released years before. Written by garykmcd |
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Did You Know?
Trivia | Included on the Warner DVD of The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945) See more » |
Movie Connections | Followed by People on Paper (1945). See more » |
Quotes |
Narrator:
The iron gates built to keep madmen in served once to keep madmen out. See more » |