Private Worlds

{{short description|1935 film by Gregory La Cava}}

{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}

{{for multi|the novels|Private Worlds (Bottome novel)|and|Private Worlds (Gainham novel)}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Private Worlds

| image = PrivateWorlds.jpg

| caption =

| director = Gregory La Cava

| producer = Walter Wanger

| based_on = Private Worlds by Phyllis Bottome

| writer = Gregory La Cava
Lynn Starling

| starring = Claudette Colbert
Charles Boyer
Joel McCrea
Joan Bennett
Helen Vinson

| music = Heinz Roemheld (uncredited)

| cinematography = Leon Shamroy

| editing = Aubrey Scotto

| studio = Paramount Pictures

| distributor = Paramount Pictures

| released = {{Film date|1935|04|19}}

| runtime = 84 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget = $435,032Matthew Bernstein, Walter Wagner: Hollywood Independent, Minnesota Press, 2000 p435

| gross = $819,118

}}

Private Worlds is a 1935 American drama film which tells the story of the staff and patients at a mental hospital and the chief of the hospital, who has problems dealing with a female psychiatrist. The film stars Claudette Colbert, Charles Boyer, Joel McCrea, Joan Bennett, and Helen Vinson.

The movie was written by Phyllis Bottome, Gregory La Cava, and Lynn Starling and was directed by La Cava. Cinematographer Leon Shamroy used early zoom lenses to create special effects for the film.

Claudette Colbert was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for the film.

The film is based on the 1934 novel of the same title by British writer Phyllis Bottome, who has had several of her works transferred to film, such as The Mortal Storm (MGM, 1940).