Bitter Welcome (1958, sound)
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Description: Description: "Psychologically sophisticated drama, produced for mental health and social professionals, about the struggle of a discharged mental hospital patient to adjust to his new construction job and win the acceptance of his fellow workers." - The Field Guide to Sponsored Films (2006) can notes: "Mental Health Film Board Inc. 8 East 93rd Street New York, NY 10029" / "Bitter Welcome" Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit www.prelinger.com. Subjects: 1950s, Mental health, Gender roles, Games and play, Labor Tags: construction sites; foremen; manual labor; workers; hard hats; lunch breaks; fighting; conflict; smoking cigarettes; kitchens; mental health stigmas; bowling alleys; gutter balls; insomnia; couple sleeping in separate beds; discrimination; psychiatrists; psychiatry; social classes; working-class people; vulnerability; masculinity; relationships; construction workers eating lunch; film deterioration; physical fights; stress; mental health treatment; counseling; Film Sponsor: The Mental Health Film Board and The State Mental Health Authorities of Minnesota Indiana Louisiana Creator: Affiliated Film Producers, Irving Jacoby Credits: The Mental Health Film Board presents Sponsored by: The State Mental Health Authorities of Minnesota Indiana Louisiana Endorsed by the National Association For Mental Health Cast Shuster: Paul S. Hostetler Reni: Milton Schneider Caroline: Virginia S. Hostetler Curly: John Costello Andy: Robert W. Corrigan Butch: Thomas Markus Ossie: Alvin E. Bertaut McGuire: Roy H. Longmire Mr. Roy: Scoop Kennedy Photographed by: Richard Leacock Script by: Irving Jacoby and Millard Smith Edited by: Paul Falkenberg Production Assistant: Louise Barlow Psychiatric Consultant: Howard P. Rome, M.D. Technical Consultant: Dale Cameron, M.D. An Affiliated Film Production Directed by: Irving Jacoby The Mental Health Film Board Leo Bartemeier, M.D.; M. Ralph Kaufman, M.D.; Paul V. Lemkau, M.D.; Robert T. Morse, M.D.; Howard P. Rome, M.D.; John P. Spiefel, M.D.; Harvey J. Tompkins M.D.; Alberto Jacoby, Exec. Dir. Distributor: Contributor: Prelinger Archives Source Collection: Prelinger Archives Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive Production Date: Release Date: 1958 Geographical Location: USA Genre/Form: sponsored, educational Language: eng Rights: Film Format: 16mm film Element: release print Color: b&w Color Process: Sound or Silent: sound Film Soundtrack Type: optical, variable area Edge Code: square Frame Rate: 24 fps Length (feet): 1295
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