Bitter Welcome

BITTER WELCOME. (1958, sound, 36min, b&w, 35mm)

Sponsor: Mental Health Film Board. production Co.: Affiliated Film producers. director: irving Jacoby. Writers: irving Jacoby, Millard Smith. Camera: richard Leacock. Editor: paul Falkenberg. Cast: paul S. Hostetler, Milton Schneider, Virginia S. Hostetler, John Costello. resources: Copyright not registered; EFL (1978), 582. Holdings: AAFF, LC/prelinger.

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. note: Also released in 16mm.

Credits

Directed by: Irving Jacoby

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The story of the difficulties encountered by a man recently discharged from a mental hospital; produced to promote understanding of this problem by the general public. Schuster is accepted by his boss as perfectly competent to do the job, but has some difficulty in overcoming the distrust and ignorance of his workmates, which hurt him considerably. His relationship with his wife is damaged by his suspicious attitude to her motives for remaining loyal to him, but he eventually realises the strength of their mutual love and accepts the fact that although not everyone will be on his side, there are some people on whom he can depend.

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16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, format, sound, description, video
Wikidata · Q123303242 ↗ — year, creator, country, credits
16mm Filmography editors — creator, catalog record

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