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19 October 1940 (USA) morePlot:
This 'Special' entry from the Warners/Vitaphone shorts department is less the story of Clara Barton... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
The History OfAmerican Red Cross, Hollywood Style moreCast
(Complete credited cast) | Nana Bryant | ... | Clara Barton |
| Fay Helm | ... | Elsie Howard |
| John Hamilton | ... | General James Garfield |
| Ted Osborne | ... | Dr. Bellows (as Ted Osborn) |
| John Arledge | ... | Jeremy |
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19 minCountry:
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1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)Fun Stuff
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Vitaphone production reels #9889-9890. moreSoundtrack:
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Filmed in glorious Technicolor, this is a short film (19 minutes) about the life of Clara Harlowe Barton (1821-1912), the first president of the 'American' Red Cross. My wife used to work for this organization, so I was very much interested in learning a bit more about this important organization. As I mentioned before, it was filmed in color (a process often reserved for "important" productions), but I'm afraid that this is perhaps the film's only true virtue. The movie is like something you see in a classroom for kindergarten school kids (maybe kids were the intended audience). It's well intentioned but ridiculously preachy and self-important. The acting here is pretty exaggerated, and the script lacks focus. There is not much you can do in a 20-minute short, but I was a bit irritated with the fact that the film never focuses entirely on either Barton's life or the creation of the Red Cross. But I did learn a few things I did not know. I thought the Red Cross was an American invention and I did not have a clue that USA was very reluctant to sign the Geneva Treaty, which deals, among other things, with the treatment of wounded soldiers. Inadvertently, the program demonstrates that current President Bush's contempt for the Geneva Treaty, the United Nations and the treatment of prisoners of war, is something deeply rooted in our nation's culture, it seems. Not particularly good, but interesting, and still topical because of the Iraq invasion.