The Fight for Life (1940)
69 min
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 film's many vignettes range from the tragic (a mother dying in childbirth in the opening scene) to the exultant (another mother rescued from the brink of death in a disease-ridden tenement). Filmed in Chicago, Detroit and Cleveland, Fight for Life is a worthwhile effort, though Lorentz seems more comfortable with the "actuality" scenes than with the dramatized passages.
- Data de estreia
- 7 de março de 1940
- País de origem
- Estados Unidos
- Música
- Louis Gruenberg
Elenco
- Myron McCormick como The Intern
- Storrs Haynes como The Teacher
- Will Geer como Second Teacher
- Dudley Digges como Head Doctor
- Dorothy Adams como The Young Woman
- Dorothy Urban como The Grandmother
- Effie Anderson como The Receptionist
- Woody Guthrie como Citizen
Equipe
- Pare Lorentz · Diretor(a)
- Pare Lorentz · Roteirista
- Paul De Kruif · Roteirista
- Pare Lorentz · Produtor(a)
- Louis Gruenberg · Compositor(a)
- Floyd Crosby · Diretor(a) de fotografia