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COURAGEOUS DR. CHRISTIAN, THE
AFP-45ACO 16mm AFP-45ACP 16mm
B W
Sound Feature
1940
B W 1940 Starring JEAN HERSHOLT as the "saintly" Doctor Christian (in the second film of a six-part series). This time he's fighting a spinal meningitis epidemic, crusading for a slum cleanup, community responsibility, and fighting off the advances of an amorous old maid. Kindly Hersholt chuckles and smokes his pipe throughout the film. Reel l. 00:00:00:00 B W 1940 ms Doctor makes his rounds in a squatters area visiting sick children and adults. 00:09:36:00 B W 1940 ms Brash and cynically defiant young man comes on to nurse and questions doctor's good intentions. 00:11:25:00 B W 1940 ms Children play rocket ship causing a mess in the house. 00:18:57:00 B W 1940 ms Grandmotherly type reads bed time stories to children next to the fireplace. Reel 2 00:30:50:00 B W 1940 ms Doctor brings bad news to folks as heavy rain pours outdoors. 00:31:56:00 B W 1940 cu Close look at Hersholt as Doctor Chrisitan, speaking. Also, 0:51:57. 00:32:34:00 B W 1940 ms Young man asks his girl out for a date. Dialogue "the whole works"- a movie and a soda". 00:33:59:00 B W 1940 cu Hand lets go knob of pinball machine ball pings,pongs, and rings as it rolls to a grand slam . 00:36:24:00 B W 1940 ms Winner demands his .90 cents and threatens to fight for it (Dialogue). 00:38:15:00 B W 1940 ms cu Series of "town gossip" telephone calls quick cuts. 00:43:50:00 B W 1940 ms ws Squatters confront city folks to build a housing project. 00:48:39:00 B W 1940 ms ws Dr. Christian and nurse tend to little sick girl (cross cuts to civil strife scenes between the citizens(police) and the squatters). 00:53:53:00 B W 1940 ms Angry, irate, but wimpy looking man shouts Doctor takes thermometer from mouth of sick boy . 00:55:10:00 B W 1940 ws Police rope off quarantined area. 00:56:56:00 B W 1940 cu ms Baby in crib with fingers in its mouth elated young mother faints. 01:01:43:00 B W 1940 ms Patients arrive at tent hospital in stretchers Doctor and nurse care for sick. End.
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