Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Gunther von Fritsch |
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| Writer: | Joe Ansen |
| Staring: |
| This serious Pete Smith Specialty series entry encourages industry to hire people with disabilities to help with the war effort. As a boy, Ben Helwig was blinded in an accident while playing baseball. He eventually acquired a guide dog and now works in a defense plant. | |
| Release Date: | Jul 03, 1943 |
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| Director: | Gunther von Fritsch |
| Writer: | Joe Ansen |
| Genres: | Drama, War |
| Keywords | war propaganda, disability, blindness, war effort, physical disability, defense plant |
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Apr 29, 2024 Entered: Apr 29, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Pete Smith | Narrator (voice) |
| Russell Gleason | Ben Helwig (uncredited) |
| Barbara Bedford | Ben's Mother (uncredited) |
| William Bishop | Man Pulling Lamp Cord (uncredited) |
| Robert Frazer | John Downin (uncredited) |
| George McFarland | Fatty, Boy Leading Initiation (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Gunther von Fritsch | Director |
| Joe Ansen | Writer |
| Lester White | Director of Photography |
| Philip W. Anderson | Editor |
| Max Terr | Music |
| Joseph Nussbaum | Orchestrator |
| Richard Duce | Art Direction |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Pete Smith | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2025 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
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