Open Your Eyes

May 24, 1919

1h 10m

★ 6.0

A flaming dramatic thunderbolt of youth dissilussioned and love betrayed

Overview

A propagandistic melodrama recounting the dangers and horrors of venereal disease.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

State Health Films Inc.

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Cast

Kitty Walton

Faire Binney

Mrs. Walton

Mrs. Joupert

Mr. Walton

Jack Hopkins

Dr. Bennett

Halbert Brown

Eddie Samson

Eddie Beryll

Frances Forrester

Emily Marceau

Mrs. Forrester

Viola Allen

Harold Connors

Ben Lyon

Gaston Glass

Soldier (uncredited)

Jack L. Warner

Helene Alving leads an outwardly contented life. On the eve of the 10th anniversary of her husband's death, she is about to open an orphanage as a memorial to him. To mark this occasion, her bohemian painter son Oswald has returned from Paris. Helene plans to take the opportunity to tell Oswald the truth about his father. But ghosts of the past erupt during an eventful evening, bringing the facade of civilised family life crashing down.

5.0

Should We Be Silent?

Apr 5, 1926

A melodrama about a painter who is infected with syphilis, refuses treatment, turns to the use instead of narcotics, and withers away.

0.0

Es werde Licht! 2. Teil

Jan 13, 1918

A doctor who believes that only the immoral catch syphilis reconsiders his stance.

0.0

Es werde Licht!

Mar 2, 1917

A painter with syphilis infects his brother's wife and the child born of their affair.

0.0

The Solitary Sin

Jul 1, 1919

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.

3.0

Sex Madness

Apr 28, 1938

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.

4.0

Synnin jäljet

Aug 9, 1946

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.

0.0

Falsche Scham

Mar 15, 1926

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.

4.5

Ghosts

May 31, 1915

Helen Alving leads an outwardly contented life. On the eve of the 10th anniversary of her husband's death, she is about to open an orphanage as a memorial to him. To mark this occasion, her bohemian painter son Oswald has returned from Paris. Helen plans to take the opportunity to tell Oswald the truth about his father. But ghosts of the past erupt during an eventful evening, bringing the facade of civilised family life crashing down.

7.0

A Woman Branded

Apr 15, 1931

Toni van Eyck became known with her leading role in this early "Aufklärungsfilm" (education film) Gefahren der Liebe/A Woman Branded (Eugen Thiele, 1931) opposite Hans Stüwe. She played a rape victim, who finally becomes a murderess.

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0.0

Geißel der Menschheit

Jan 1, 1926

Venereal disease threatens to tear a young couple apart.

0.0

The End of the Road

Feb 16, 1919

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.

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0.0

Sins of the Father

Dec 6, 1911

Adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's Ghosts.

0.0

The Escape

Jun 1, 1914

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.

4.3

Damaged Lives

Sep 15, 1933

An extramarital affair leads to a young couple contracting venereal disease.

4.0

Birthright

Feb 14, 1951

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.

4.0

Pozoamargo

Nov 12, 2015

Jesús, a middle-aged man, finds out that he suffers from a venereal disease. Feeling guilty, he abandons his pregnant wife and flees to the countryside. In Pozoamargo, a small village lost in the middle of nowhere, he works as a grape harvester, living a simple existence, until he meets Gloria, a peculiar young woman.

0.0

Ghosts

Jun 14, 1987

0.0

The Scarlet Trail

Dec 21, 1918

A docudrama aimed at propagandizing the prevention of venereal disease

0.0

The Price He Paid

Dec 17, 1914

The Price He Paid