Sex Hygiene

Sex Hygiene
Robert Lowery and George Reeves in United States War Department Official Training Film No. 8-154
Directed by	Otto Brower (medical footage) John Ford (dramatic sequences)
Produced by	Darryl F. Zanuck
Written by	W. Ulman
Starring	George Reeves Richard Derr
Cinematography	George Barnes Charles G. Clarke
Edited by	Gene Fowler, Jr.
Distributed by	U.S. Army Signal Corps
Release dates	February 1942 (1942-02)
Running time	30 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Sex Hygiene is a short 1942 American drama film directed by John Ford^[1] and Otto Brower. It belonged to the instructional social guidance film genre, which offered adolescent and adult behavioural advice, medical information and moral exhortations.

Plot

Several servicemen relax by playing pool at their base. One later visits a prostitute and contracts syphilis. As a result of his unfortunate experience, there is an opportunity for sexual health information about syphilis, how it is spread and how its spread can be prevented.

Cast

Kenneth Alexander as Soldier
Robert Conway as Soldier
Robert Cornell as Soldier
Richard Derr as Soldier
Herbert Gunn as Soldier
Robert Lowery as Pool player No. 2
George Reeves as Pool player No. 1
Robert Shaw as Pool player
Charles Tannen as Soldier
Charles Trowbridge as Medical officer
Basil Walker as Soldier
Robert Weldon as Soldier

References

↑ Turnour, Quentin. "John Ford: Other Directions". sensesofcinema.com. Retrieved 2011-09-19.

External links

Sex Hygiene at the Internet Movie Database
Sex Hygiene is available for free download at the Internet Archive
Complete film Sex Hygiene on Google

The films of John Ford

Silent films	The Tornado The Fighting Gringo The Trail of Hate The Scrapper Cheyenne's Pal The Soul Herder Straight Shooting The Secret Man A Marked Man Bucking Broadway The Phantom Riders Wild Women Thieves' Gold The Scarlet Drop Hell Bent A Woman's Fool The Craving (co-d) Three Mounted Men Roped The Fighting Brothers A Fight for Love Rustlers Bare Fists Gun Law By Indian Post The Gun Packer Riders of Vengeance The Last Outlaw The Outcasts of Poker Flat Ace of the Saddle Rider of the Law A Gun Fightin' Gentleman Marked Men The Prince of Avenue A The Girl in Number 29 Hitchin' Posts Just Pals The Big Punch The Freeze-Out The Wallop Desperate Trails Action Sure Fire Jackie Little Miss Smiles Silver Wings (co-d) The Village Blacksmith The Face on the Bar-Room Floor Three Jumps Ahead Cameo Kirby North of Hudson Bay Hoodman Blind Hearts of Oak Lightnin' Kentucky Pride Thank You The Fighting Heart The Shamrock Handicap 3 Bad Men Upstream Four Sons Strong Boy

Sound films	Napoleon's Barber The Black Watch Men Without Women Born Reckless Up the River Seas Beneath The Brat Arrowsmith Air Mail Pilgrimage Doctor Bull The Lost Patrol The World Moves On Judge Priest The Whole Town's Talking The Informer Steamboat Round the Bend The Prisoner of Shark Island Mary of Scotland The Plough and the Stars Wee Willie Winkie The Hurricane Four Men and a Prayer Submarine Patrol Stagecoach Young Mr. Lincoln Drums Along the Mohawk The Grapes of Wrath The Long Voyage Home Tobacco Road How Green Was My Valley They Were Expendable My Darling Clementine The Fugitive Fort Apache 3 Godfathers She Wore a Yellow Ribbon When Willie Comes Marching Home Wagon Master Rio Grande The Quiet Man What Price Glory The Sun Shines Bright Mogambo The Long Gray Line Mister Roberts (co-d) The Searchers The Wings of Eagles The Rising of the Moon Gideon's Day The Last Hurrah The Horse Soldiers Sergeant Rutledge Two Rode Together The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance How the West Was Won (co-d) Donovan's Reef Cheyenne Autumn 7 Women

Television	"Rookie of the Year" (1955) "Flashing Spikes" (1962)

Productions	The Iron Horse (1924) The Blue Eagle (1926) Mother Machree (1928) Hangman's House (1928) Riley the Cop (1928) Salute (1929) Flesh (1932) The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938) Young Cassidy (1965)

Documentaries	Torpedo Squadron Sex Hygiene (1942) The Battle of Midway (1942) December 7th (1943) This is Korea (1951) Korea: Battleground for Liberty (1959) Chesty: A Tribute to a Legend (1970) Vietnam! Vietnam! (1971) (produced and co-wrote)

Films directed by Otto Brower

Avalanche (1928)
Sunset Pass (1929)
Stairs of Sand (1929)
The Light of Western Stars (1930)
Paramount on Parade (1930) (co-director)
The Border Legion (1930)
The Santa Fe Trail (1930)
Clearing the Range (1931)
Pleasure (1931)
Hard Hombre (1931)
Law of the Sea (1931)
Fighting Caravans (1931)
The Local Bad Man (1932)
Spirit of the West (1932)
Fighting for Justice (1932)
Gold (1932)
The Devil Horse (1932)
Scarlet River (1933)
Cross Fire (1933)
Headline Shooter (1933)
Straightaway (1933)
Speed Wings (1934)
I Can't Escape (1934)
Mystery Mountain (1934)
The Phantom Empire (1935)
The Outlaw Deputy (1935)
Sins of Man (1936)
Postal Inspector (1936)
Speed to Burn (1938)
Road Demon (1939)
Winner Take All (1939)
Stanley and Livingstone (1939) (safari)
Stop, Look and Love (1939)
Too Busy to Work (1939)
Men with Steel Faces (archive footage) (1940)
On Their Own (1940)
Girl from Avenue A (1940)
The Gay Caballero (1940)
Youth Will Be Served (1940)
Sex Hygiene (1942)
Little Tokyo, U.S.A. (1942)
Dixie Dugan (1943)
Behind Green Lights (1946)
Duel in the Sun (1946) (uncredited)

Sex Hygiene

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