With These Hands
Directed byJack Arnold
Written byMorton Wishengrad
Produced byJack Arnold
Lee Goodman
StarringSam Levene
CinematographyGerald Hirschfeld
Edited byCharles R. Senf
Production
company
Promotional Films Co. for the International Ladies Garment Workers Union
Release date
  • June 15, 1950 (1950-06-15)
Running time
52 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

With These Hands is a 1950 documentary film presented in flashbacks directed by Jack Arnold and starring Sam Levene as Alexander Brody; originally created for showing to members of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union, the film opened June 15, 1950 at the 1100-seat Gotham Theatre.[1] The film was nominated[2] for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.[3][4]

The film recreates Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire and compares working conditions of the 1910's with the 1950's.

Cast

References

  1. ^ With These Hands (1950) - IMDb, retrieved July 18, 2020
  2. ^ "National Film Preservation Foundation: With These Hands (1950)". www.filmpreservation.org. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
  3. ^ Crowther, Bosley (2011). "NY Times: With These Hands". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on May 21, 2011. Retrieved November 8, 2008.
  4. ^ "The 23rd Academy Awards (1951) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved May 30, 2019.

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Films directed by Jack Arnold
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