Of Human Bondage (1946 film)

Of Human Bondage is a 1946 American drama film directed by Edmund Goulding. The second screen adaptation of W. Somerset Maughams 1915 novel, the Warner Bros. release was written by Catherine Turney. The central characters are Philip Carey, a clubfooted medical student, and Mildred Rogers, a lowclass waitress with whom he becomes obsessed.

Philip Paul Henreid, an impoverished, clubfooted, failed artist, is attending medical school in London, using a trust set up for him by a wealthy uncle for tuition. When he initially meets Mildred Eleanor Parker, she pays scant attention to him and he finds her common and crass, but his wounded pride spurs him to return to the restaurant where she works, hoping to spark her interest. He invites her to accompany him to the theatre and, because she has nothing else to do, Mildred accepts. Philip spends what little money he has on her before she breaks a date with him and an ugly argument ensues. When he discovers she apparently has run off to marry one of her regular customers, Miller Richard Aherne, he initially is happy to be free from his emotional bondage to her.Philip resumes a relationship with Norah Nesbitt Alexis Smith, an author he had met in France, but it soon becomes obvious to her that her love for him is returned only as friendship. A pregnant Mildred, abandoned by the married Miller, returns seeking Philips help, and he takes her away to Brighton, willing to marry her and adopt the child. He introduces her to his handsome and personable friend Harry Griffiths Patric Knowles, who entrances Mildred and steals her away from him. ........

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