Let My People Live Trailer (1939)

10 March 1939 Factual 14 mins

Aimed at African Americans and shot at Tuskegee University, this film instructs viewers in the prevention and treatment of tuberculosis by focusing on a pair of sympathetic siblings, George and Mary, whose lives are altered by the disease. Starring Rex Ingram as Dr. Gordon, the film suggests that organized religion is an important defensive location in this particular community, and warns of the dangers of the previous generation’s superstitions and its fear of medicine. The Health Department prominently featured the film at the 1939 World’s Fair. Directed by Edgar Ulmer.

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Cast

Peggy Howard

Rex Ingram as Dr. Gordon

Ethel Waters

Merritt Smith

Erostine Coles

Crew

Edgar G. Ulmer Writer

Edgar G. Ulmer Director

International Releases Dates

United States 10 March 1939

Production Companies

Springer Pictures

National Tuberculosis Association

Motion Picture Service Corp.

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