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Hemo the Magnificent

  • TV Movie
  • 19571957
  • 1h
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
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Hemo the Magnificent (1957)
  • 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
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Frank Capra
  • Writer
    • Frank Capra
  • Stars
    • Richard Carlson
    • Frank Baxter
    • Mel Blanc(voice)
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  • Director
    • Frank Capra
  • Writer
    • Frank Capra
  • Stars
    • Richard Carlson
    • Frank Baxter
    • Mel Blanc(voice)
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    • 17User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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    • Won 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 1 win & 1 nomination total

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    Richard Carlson
    Richard Carlson
    • Mr. Fiction Writeras Mr. Fiction Writer
    Frank Baxter
    • Dr. Researchas Dr. Research
    Mel Blanc
    Mel Blanc
    • Squirrelas Squirrel
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    • …
    June Foray
    June Foray
    • Deeras Deer
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    • …
    Sterling Holloway
    Sterling Holloway
    • Lab assistantas Lab assistant
    • (uncredited)
    Marvin Miller
    Marvin Miller
    • Hemoas Hemo
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    • …
    • 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
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    • 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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    • Oct 10, 2005

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    • Release date
      • March 20, 1957 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Ein Herrscher namens Blut
    • Production company
      • Frank Capra Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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