Siddhesh Joshi (Editor)

The Story of Dr Wassell

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
7.2
/
10
1
Votes
Alchetron7.2
7.2
1 Ratings
100
90
80
71
60
50
40
30
20
10
Rate This

Rate This

Director
  
Cecil B. DeMille

Music director
  
Victor Young

Duration
  

Language
  
English

7/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Drama, Action, Adventure

Production
  
Paramount Pictures

Country
  
United States

The Story of Dr Wassell movie poster

Release date
  
July 4, 1944 (1944-07-04) (USA)

Writer
  
Alan Le May (screenplay), Charles Bennett (screenplay), Corydon M. Wassell (story), James Hilton (story)

Cast
  
Gary Cooper
(Dr. Corydon M. Wassell),
Laraine Day
(Madeleine),
Signe Hasso
(Bettina),
Dennis O'Keefe
(Benjamin 'Hoppy' Hopkins),
Carol Thurston
(Tremartini (Three Martini)),
Carl Esmond
(Lt. Dirk Van Daal)

Similar movies
  
Related Cecil B DeMille movies

The story of dr wassell avi


The Story of Dr. Wassell is a 1944 American Technicolor 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, his only nonfiction book.

Contents

The Story of Dr Wassell movie scenes

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.

The Story of Dr Wassell movie scenes

For their work on this film, Farciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings and George Dutton received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects.

The Story of Dr. Wassell wwwdeep13moviescomassetsimagesDVD1storyofd

Cast

The Story of Dr. Wassell Amazoncom The Story of Dr Wassell Movie VHS Gary Cooper

  • Gary Cooper as Dr. Corydon M. Wassell
  • Laraine Day as Madeleine
  • Signe Hasso as Bettina
  • Dennis O'Keefe as Benjamin 'Hoppy' Hopkins
  • Carol Thurston as Tremartini
  • Carl Esmond as Lt. Dirk Van Daal
  • Paul Kelly as Murdock
  • Elliott Reid as William 'Andy' Anderson
  • Stanley Ridges as Cmdr. William B. 'Bill' Goggins
  • Renny McEvoy as Johnny Leeweather
  • Oliver Thorndike as Alabam
  • Philip Ahn as Ping
  • Barbara Britton as Ruth
  • Cecil B. DeMille as Narrator (uncredited)
  • unbilled players include Richard Aherne, Irving Bacon, Sven Hugo Borg, Victor Borge, Yvonne De Carlo, Ann Doran, Milton Kibbee, Elmo Lincoln, Richard Loo, Gavin Muir, Jack Norton and Philip Van Zandt

    • Production

    The Story of Dr. Wassell STORIA DEL DOTTOR WASSELL LA MOVIE POSTER THE STORY OF DR

    It was originally announced that Yvonne de Carlo would play the role of the Javanese nurse.

    The Story of Dr. Wassell The Story of Dr Wassell Wikipedia

    De Mille wanted Alan Ladd to play the role of Hoppy but he had to go into military service.

    Reception

    The Story of Dr. Wassell The Story of Dr Wassell 1944 Torrents Torrent Butler

    The film was the seventh most popular film of the year released in Australia in 1945.

    The Story of Dr. Wassell Story Of Dr Wassell The Original Trailer YouTube

    It was the fifth most popular movie of 1946 in France with admissions of 5,866,693.http://translate.google.com.au/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.boxofficestory.com/&prev=search

    In the Truman Capote novella Breakfast at Tiffany's, Holly Golightly was to have auditioned for the role of Dr. Wassel's nurse, but impulsively left for New York City.

    References

    The Story of Dr. Wassell Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA

    The Story of Dr. Wassell IMDb The Story of Dr. Wassell themoviedb.org


    Similar Topics