Sex Hygiene
Appearance
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Directed by | Otto Brower (medical footage) John Ford (dramatic sequences) |
Written by | W. Ulman |
Produced by | Darryl F. Zanuck |
Starring | George Reeves Richard Derr |
Cinematography | George Barnes Charles G. Clarke |
Edited by | Gene Fowler, Jr. |
Distributed by | U.S. Army Signal Corps |
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Running time | 30 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Sex Hygiene is a short 1942 American drama film directed by John Ford[1] and Otto Brower. It belonged to the instructional social guidance film genre, which offered adolescent and adult behavioural advice, medical information and moral exhortations.
Plot
Several servicemen relax by playing pool at their base. One later visits a prostitute and contracts syphilis. As a result of his unfortunate experience, there is an opportunity for sexual health information about syphilis, how it is spread and how its spread can be prevented.
Cast
- Kenneth Alexander as Soldier
- Robert Conway as Soldier
- Robert Cornell as Soldier
- Richard Derr as Soldier
- Herbert Gunn as Soldier
- Robert Lowery as Pool player No. 2
- George Reeves as Pool player No. 1
- Robert Shaw as Pool player
- Charles Tannen as Soldier
- Charles Trowbridge as Medical officer
- Basil Walker as Soldier
- Robert Weldon as Soldier
Preservation
The Academy Film Archive preserved Sex Hygiene in 2007.[2]
See also
References
- ^ Turnour, Quentin. "John Ford: Other Directions". sensesofcinema.com. Retrieved September 19, 2011.
- ^ "Preserved Projects". Academy Film Archive.
External links
- Sex Hygiene at IMDb
- Sex Hygiene is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
- Complete film Sex Hygiene on Google
Categories:
- 1942 films
- 1940s drama films
- American films
- English-language films
- American black-and-white films
- Films directed by John Ford
- Films directed by Otto Brower
- American social guidance and drug education films
- American World War II propaganda shorts
- Films produced by Darryl F. Zanuck
- Films about syphilis
- 1940s drama film stubs