A propagandistic melodrama recounting the dangers and horrors of venereal disease.
Open Your Eyes is of 1 hour(s) and 10 minute(s). It is Produced By: Warner Bros. Pictures, State Health Films Inc.. It was released on 1919-05-24. It has the tagline: A flaming dramatic thunderbolt of youth dissilussioned and love betrayed It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
Genres: Drama
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Adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's Ghosts.
Bob, John, and Edward--three young boys growing up in the same neighborhood--have vastly-different experiences with sex. Bob's father patiently explains "the birds and the bees" to him, and even takes him to a hospital to see the effects of venereal disease.
A quack doctor 'cures' a victim of venereal disease, whose baby is later born infected.
In this film, servicemen are strongly urged to forgo illicit and casual sex because it is degrading and contrary to divine will. The joys of marriage and family are stressed. Long-term happiness should be the goal, not immediate gratification. A medical officer discusses sexual abstinence, saying that it will not adversely affect a man's virility. A commanding officer points out that sexual promiscuity among troops is not just the concern of the medical officer and the chaplain. He says that self-control should be practiced by everyone. Marriage and family should be the goal of every man. A chaplain speaks of abstinence and self-control as obedience to divine law. Shots include: sailors with their families; a wedding; sailors picking up girls and visiting prostitutes. There is some animation.
Describes the symptoms of gonorrhea and syphilis, with warnings of the consequences of avoiding treatment. Discusses some of the prevalent myths about contracting these diseases and stresses the importance of consulting a doctor if infection is suspected.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
A young beauty queen travels to New York to further her modelling career, but contracts syphilis after being tricked into a sexual encounter. She is torn between the prospect of a slow, intensive but proven therapy and a supposed miracle cure.
It has an average vote of 3 on TMDB.
A dramatic comparison between the mating habits of animals and the way humans choose their own partners. The film is now considered to be a lost film.
A wife and her husband have both contracted syphilis and don't know how to tell each other.
Venereal disease threatens to tear a young couple apart.
Childhood friends Mary Lee and Vera receive two different versions of the 'birds and the bees' from their mothers. Mary Lee gets the facts, while Vera gets a prudish fairytale version. Their lives separate after graduation, Mary Lee becomes a nurse who falls in proper love with a Doctor, whereas Vera follows her mother's advice and seeks to marry a rich man, but falls for the unlawful and syphilitic charms of a wealthy cad. Mary Lee and her Doctor rescue Vera and help her get proper care after a series of revelations showing actual patients of the loathsome disease. Finally, Mary Lee and her new husband volunteer to help our boys fighting the Huns in France.
A doctor who believes that only the immoral catch syphilis reconsiders his stance.
A painter with syphilis infects his brother's wife and the child born of their affair.
(La terrible lección)
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
Toni van Eyck became known with her leading role in this early "Aufklärungsfilm" Gefahren der Liebe/A Woman Branded opposite Hans Stüwe. She played a rape victim, who finally becomes a murderess.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
Tuula, Mirri and Aino are roommates at a nurse college. At her hospital internship, Aino works with Dr. Eero who has had an affair with Viivi, the director of the nurses' dormitory. At the same time, Tuula is starting to get closer to Mirri's fiancé Ragnar who has begun to doubt Mirri's love and loyalty.
It has an average vote of 4 on TMDB.
This educational film combines medical information and story to teach the viewers about the prevention and treatment of syphilis. The four episodes cover the stories of students looking to pick up prostitutes, a careless medical student, a wet nurse who has infected an infant, and a country girl afraid of seeking treatment.
Chicken farmer John Lloyd learns the importance of blood tests when he gives his pregnant wife a dose of the clap after a one-night fling with a lonely waitress.
It has an average vote of 3.5 on TMDB.
An extramarital affair leads to a young couple contracting venereal disease.
It has an average vote of 4.1 on TMDB.
A groom-to-be contracts syphilis and wrestles with the consequences of his diagnosis.
It has an average vote of 3.4 on TMDB.
