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The Fight for Life (1940)

ALL 03/07/1940 (en) Drama, History 69 Min
  • Release
    03/07/1940
  • Production
  • Rotten tomato
    50%
  • Original title
    The Fight for Life
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

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.

  1. Pare Lorentz

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer



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Casts

  1. Myron McCormick

    Dr. O’Donnell

  2. Storrs Haynes

    Hanson

  3. Will Geer

    Ballou

  4. Dudley Digges

    Chefarzt

  5. Woody Guthrie

  6. Dorothy Adams

    The Young Woman

  7. Dorothy Urban

    The Grandmother

  8. Effie Anderson

    The Receptionist

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 8 , Crews : 2

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The Fight for Life (1940) 69 Min

ALL 03/07/1940 (en)
Drama, History
  • Release 03/07/1940
  • Production
  • Original title The Fight for Life
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

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.

  1. Pare Lorentz

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer



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