With These Hands | |
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Directed by | Jack Arnold |
Written by | Morton Wishengrad |
Produced by | Jack Arnold Lee Goodman |
Starring | Sam Levene |
Cinematography | Gerald Hirschfeld |
Edited by | Charles R. Senf |
Production company | Promotional Films Co. for the International Ladies Garment Workers Union |
Release date |
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Running time | 52 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
With These Hands is a 1950 documentary film presented in flashbacks directed by Jack Arnold and starring Sam Levene as Alexander Brody; originally created for showing to members of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union, the film opened June 15, 1950 at the 1100-seat Gotham Theatre.[1] The film was nominated[2] for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.[3][4]
The film recreates Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire and compares working conditions of the 1910s with the 1950s.