Here's an episode in the occasional 'Theater of Life' series directed by Gunther von Fritsch in which he tackled some issue that often led to death, be it speeding through traffic, how Mexican farmers should plant better crops, or here, how we drive ourselves crazy and induce heart illnesses. Like many of MGM's short subjects, it's shot wild with a narrator talking about what we're looking at.
It's all very modern for 1949, talking about psychiatric help, and how can one doubt its honesty and sincerity when you see that it's endorsed by the Motion Picture Association of America? It's rather silly and definitely uncompelling, with its platitudinous narration and for-your-own-good, hectoring tone.
It's all very modern for 1949, talking about psychiatric help, and how can one doubt its honesty and sincerity when you see that it's endorsed by the Motion Picture Association of America? It's rather silly and definitely uncompelling, with its platitudinous narration and for-your-own-good, hectoring tone.