Hemo the Magnificent

TV Movie
19571957
1h

IMDb RATING

7.7/10

268

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Animation

Family

An animated documentary about blood and the circulatory system. It was one of a series on bodily systems.An animated documentary about blood and the circulatory system. It was one of a series on bodily systems.An animated documentary about blood and the circulatory system. It was one of a series on bodily systems.

IMDb RATING

7.7/10

268

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Director
- Frank Capra
Writer
- Frank Capra
Stars
- Richard Carlson
- Frank Baxter
- Mel Blanc(voice)

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Won 1 Primetime Emmy
- 1 win & 1 nomination total

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Richard Carlson

Mr. Fiction Writeras Mr. Fiction Writer

Frank Baxter

Dr. Researchas Dr. Research

Mel Blanc

Squirrelas Squirrel
(voice)
(uncredited)
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June Foray

Deeras Deer
(voice)
(uncredited)
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Sterling Holloway

Lab assistantas Lab assistant
(uncredited)

Marvin Miller

Hemoas Hemo
(voice)
(uncredited)
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Director
- Frank Capra
Writer
- Frank Capra
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An animated documentary about blood and the circulatory system. It was one of a series on bodily systems.

the human body

science

part live action

bell system science series

educational

Genres
- Animation
- Family
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Trivia
Second of nine educational films produced by Bell Laboratories on the subjects of the sun, the human circulatory system, radioactivity, the weather, heredity, language, the oceans, the five senses, and time. Four of these films were directed by Frank Capra.These films were used regularly in classrooms since they were well produced and Bell Laboratories would supply 16mm copies of the films to schools free of charge. The films were criticized by Time Magazine as being "condescending", but embraced by nearly everyone else.

Quotes
Mr. Fiction Writer: Hemo is the Greek word for blood.
Lab assistant: Blood! Well, don't get any on you
[laughs]
Lab assistant: .

Connections
Featured in Gremlins (1984)

Soundtracks
Symphony No. 3 (Eroica)
(uncredited)
Music by Ludwig van Beethoven

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7/10

Finally, an educational film worth watching!

So many educational films are nothing more than mind-numbing drudgery, saved only by the fact that "MST3K" mocks them ("Why Study Industrial Arts?" comes to mind). "Hemo the Magnificent" is actually quite well done. It's all about blood, the heart, and the circulatory system. I admit that I don't remember everything from it, but it does a good job explaining everything, keeping it serious but entertaining. I guess that you can always count on June Foray (most famously the voice of Rocky the Squirrel, she plays a deer here).

Since "Hemo the Magnificent" itself may be hard to find, probably the best place to see it is in "Gremlins": a class is watching it while a gremlin is forming.

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