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That Mothers Might Live (1938)

ALL 04/30/1938 (en) Drama 10 Min
  • Release
    04/30/1938
  • Production
    Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • Rotten tomato
    55%
  • Original title
    That Mothers Might Live
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

That Mothers Might Live is a 1938 American short drama film directed by Fred Zinnemann. The short is a brief account of Hungarian physician Ignaz Semmelweis and his discovery of the need for cleanliness in 19th-century maternity wards, thereby significantly decreasing maternal mortality, and of his struggle to gain acceptance of his idea. Although Semmelweis ultimately failed in his lifetime, later scientific luminaries advanced his work in spirit like microbiologist Louis Pasteur, who provided a scientific theoretical explanation of Semmelweis' observations by helping develop the germ theory of disease and the British surgeon, Dr. Joseph Lister who revolutionized medicine putting Pasteur's research to practical use. In 1939, at the 11th Academy Awards, the film won an Oscar for Best Short Subject (One-Reel).

  1. Fred Zinnemann

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. John Nesbitt

    Producer



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  1. John Nesbitt

    Narrator (voice)

  2. Shepperd Strudwick

    Dr. Semmelweis

  3. Rudolph Anders

    Doctor (uncredited)

  4. King Baggot

    Passerby (uncredited)

  5. William Bailey

    Passerby (uncredited)

  6. Barbara Bedford

    Nun Reading Book (uncredited)

  7. Ralph Brooks

    Medical Student at Lecture (uncredited)

  8. Mary Howard

    Young Stricken Mother (uncredited)

  9. Leonard Penn

    Semmelweis' Assistant (uncredited)

  10. Beatrice Roberts

    Passerby (uncredited)

  11. Edward Van Sloan

    Hospital Chief of Staff (uncredited)

  12. E. Alyn Warren

    Professor (uncredited)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 12 , Crews : 7

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That Mothers Might Live (1938) 10 Min

ALL 04/30/1938 (en)
Drama
  • Release 04/30/1938
  • Production
    Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • Original title That Mothers Might Live
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

That Mothers Might Live is a 1938 American short drama film directed by Fred Zinnemann. The short is a brief account of Hungarian physician Ignaz Semmelweis and his discovery of the need for cleanliness in 19th-century maternity wards, thereby significantly decreasing maternal mortality, and of his struggle to gain acceptance of his idea. Although Semmelweis ultimately failed in his lifetime, later scientific luminaries advanced his work in spirit like microbiologist Louis Pasteur, who provided a scientific theoretical explanation of Semmelweis' observations by helping develop the germ theory of disease and the British surgeon, Dr. Joseph Lister who revolutionized medicine putting Pasteur's research to practical use. In 1939, at the 11th Academy Awards, the film won an Oscar for Best Short Subject (One-Reel).

  1. Fred Zinnemann

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. John Nesbitt

    Producer



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