Man Alive! (1952 film)

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Man Alive!
Directed byWilliam T. Hurtz
Written by William Roberts
Bill Scott
Produced by Stephen Bosustow
Music by Benjamin Lees
Production
company
Distributed by American Cancer Society [1]
Release date
  • 1952 (1952) [2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Man Alive! is a 1952 American animated short documentary film directed by William T. Hurtz.

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Accolades

It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. [3]

Summary

A video of the short film.

In this animated cartoon, an analogy is made between a badly functioning car and a man with physical symptoms that could lead to neoplasm. Various stages of denial, unprofessional advice and quick fix remedies are shown (alongside the seven danger signals of cancer, recommendation of cancer therapies and debunked cancer myths). He finally goes to a good garage paying heavily to have it repaired, learning that he shouldn't make the same mistake with his body. He goes to the doctor for his indigestion (one of the symptoms of cancer). [4] [5]

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