Film Record: Night Call, The

Date produced: 1933

Filmmaker(s):

Kenneth V. Bloomer

Elizabeth Sansom

Production credits:

• Kenneth V. Bloomer, Assistant
• Elizabeth Sansom, Director
• Dr. Charles F. Chapman, Self (Surgeon)

Languages:

English

Length:

2 reels (800 ft)

Format:

16mm

Colour:

B&W

Sound Notes:

Silent

Awards/Recognition:

ACL Ten Best 1933, Honorable Mention

Description:

"Night Call, made by Elizabeth Sansom, ACL, and Kenneth V. Bloomer, ACL, is noteworthy for its attention to exact detail in the portrayal of an event in the daily (and nightly) routine in the lives of two physicians who receive a "hurry call" to perform an appendicitis operation. Miss Sansom, in the course of the story, films an operation sequence that seems letter perfect, both from the point of view of the operation itself and of the lighting, closeup and photographic technique employed." Movie Makers, Dec. 1933, 523.

Resources:

Discussed in "Practical Films" (Movie Makers, Oct. 1933, 415), where production credits and shooting location are specified.

Locations:

• Mount Kisco, N.Y. (Filming)

Subjects:

• Medicine
•      Surgery

Genre:

• Medical

Form:

• Short

Tags:

Screenings:

• Screened by the Mount Kisco Cinemat Club in 1933: Mt. Kisco, N.Y.
• Screened by the Metropolitan Motion Picture Club in 1934: New York City, N.Y.

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