However even though the story is very abbreviated, I. It really would have been better had it been done as a miniseries given the complexity of the subject. If it suffers from anything, it is too short a span of time to tell the whole story. My vhs copy is via Cinemax shown July 14th 1988 6pm on then Sammons Communication Cable, runs 1h_45m. 'The Radium Girls', based on the book by Kate Moore is an excellent telling of the Radium Girls story. pictures of this time I'll try & post into imdb: Carole, the show flyer, Carole & Marie Rossiter (who film is dedicated to), WCMY Radio talk show w/Dan Parker. Radium Girls is currently available to rent, purchase, or stream via subscription on Amazon Video. Fortunately for her, though, she didn't like it. She was one of the last, says NPR, and she was hired on as a dial painter in 1924. Take Mae Keane, who died in 2014 at the admirable age of 107. This documentary concerns the women who fell victim to radium poisoning in Ottawa, Illinois during the 1920s. Not all of the Radium Girls died young, but those who did survive struggled with predictably awful health issues.
Radium girls movie driver#
I was Carole's driver and spent a couple days visiting in the area, before driving her to St. With Marie Becker Rossiter, Charlotte Nevins Purcell. I have no pictures of show, but remember Carole catching a stand that was starting to fall by crowd push after the showing, thwarting disaster. set up the event on a 9' wide white paper roll of portable photo background.
Radium girls movie movie#
However, this movie is plagued by bad acting, a low budget, and a meandering story. The medical effects on the girls is horrific and the coverup sensational. It was on 16mm film, multiple reels & I still own the projectors we used. Parents need to know that Radium Girls is an inspiring coming-of-age drama set in the 1920s and executive-produced by Lily Tomlin. Radium girls has strong potential storyline wise, it's historical and mostly unknown. February 9th 1988, in Glassworkers Union Hall, Ottawa IL (my birth town). My involvement was the public showing Tues.
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