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The Fight For Life. Dramatizes a young doctor's training in obstetrics at the Maternity Center, Chicago. Reel 1, Dr. O'Donnell sees a mother die in childbirth and decides to study obstetrics. Reel 2 shows him working and learning at the Center.
- 69 min
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- (2)
- Myron Mccormick
- Pare Lorentz
The Fight for Life is a 1940 American medical drama film directed by Pare Lorentz. The film was nominated for the Best Original Score of a Picture composed by Louis Gruenberg and released by Columbia Pictures. An uncredited John Steinbeck wrote the narrative portions of the film.
The Fight for Life: Directed by Pare Lorentz. With Myron McCormick, Storrs Haynes, Will Geer, Dudley Digges. An interne witnesses the death of a young mother in a maternity hospital delivery room.
- (87)
- Drama, History
- Pare Lorentz
- 1940-03-07
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.
The Fight for Life is a 1940 documentary film directed by Pare Lorentz, who also directed The Plow That Broke the Plains and The River. It tells the story of a maternity hospital in New York City, and how the staff and doctors work to save the lives of premature and sick babies.
