Street Corner (1948)

Directed by

Albert H. Kelley

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 17m

Rating

5.6 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This 1948 exploitation film dramatizes a step-by-step Caesarean section as part of a postwar hygiene education series. It follows medical characters explaining the procedure while stirring public controversy.

educationaldatedclinicalprovocativegrainymatter-of-factcontroversiallow-budget

What happens

Street Corner is a 1948 American exploitation film directed by Albert H. Kelley, produced by Wilshire Pictures, and featuring Johnny Duncan, Eddie Gribbon, and Marcia Mae Jones. Along with Mom and Dad, Because of Eve, and Bob and Sally, Street Corner was one of the four prominent postwar hygiene films that became part of the Modern Film hygiene consortium. The film drew controversy by showing the step-by-step procedure of a Caesarean section. In 2003, it was released on DVD by Something Weird Video. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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