The Fight for Life (1940)
1940 · Newsreel · 69 min · dir. Pare Lorentz
- Drama
- History
Synopsis
The Fight for Life was documentary filmmaker Pare Lorentz' first "dramatic" film, utilizing the talents of several top New York stage actors. A tribute to the Chicago Maternity Center and its efforts to provide the best possible care for destitute mothers, the film is based on the book of the same name by Paul de Kruif. Myron McCormick plays the largest role as a dedicated intern, while others in the cast include such theatrical heavywrights as Will Geer, Dudley Digges and Dorothy Adams. The…
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Details
- Director
- Pare Lorentz
- Writer
- Pare Lorentz
- Composer
- Louis Gruenberg
- Released
- 1940-03-07
- Running time
- 69 minutes
Cast & crew
Pare Lorentz Director
Myron McCormick- Storrs Haynes
Will Geer
Dudley Digges
Woody Guthrie
Dorothy Adams- Dorothy Urban
- Effie Anderson
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · Docu-drama · matt1900 · 2011-05-13
A very good docu-drama about a group of dedicated doctors and nurses trying to help poor women in the big city slums deliver babies. This movie is , at times very bleak and depressing. There is no joy or happiness in the miracle of childbirth - everyone seems grim and lifeless. There are some very good shots of the terrible slums that existed in big American cities of that time. Will Geer appears as one of the doctors and Woody Guthrie has an uncredited appearance. If you are worried about your daughter getting pregnant - this would be a good movie to show to her. Now that I have seen it…
