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    Hemo the Magnificent

    Hemo the Magnificent is a one-hour Technicolor made-for-television


    educational film, released in 1957 by Bell Laboratories and directed Hemo the Magnificent
    by Frank Capra, and first telecast by CBS.[1] It details the workings of Genre Educational
    the circulatory system. Although Time magazine gave it an extremely
    Written by Frank Capra
    negative review,[2] calling it "condescending" and citing it as an
    example of how the scientific information was presumably "dumbed Directed by Frank Capra
    down" by including cute cartoon animals, it quickly became a classic William T. Hurtz
    of the genre, featuring incredibly detailed television animations for its (animation
    time. It is one in a series of nine Bell Telephone science specials director)
    telecast in prime time on commercial network television, from the late
    Starring Richard Carlson
    1950s to the mid-1960s. All but one of these specials starred Frank C.
    Dr. Frank C.
    Baxter; the last of them starred Walt Disney.
    Baxter
    Baxter played his usual role as "Dr. Research", the resident scientist in Country of USA
    the film series. Richard Carlson played the other recurring character in origin
    The Bell Laboratory Science Series, a writer for television. Several
    well-known voice artists were employed for the animated sequences, Original English
    including Marvin Miller as the title character, Hemo. Also appearing language
    were Mel Blanc and June Foray, as a squirrel and a deer respectively. Production
    Sterling Holloway appeared in an uncredited role as a lab assistant.
    Producer Frank Capra
    Hemo the Magnificent and another Bell Laboratories film, Our Mr. Cinematography Harold E.
    Sun, were favorites for showing in school science classrooms. Wellman
    Editor Frank P. Keller
    Running time 55 minutes
    Contents
    Distributor N. W. Ayer &
    Home media Son
    In popular culture Release
    References Original network CBS
    External links Original release March 20, 1957
    (USA)

    Home media Chronology


    Preceded by Our Mr. Sun
    The film was released on DVD with another film featuring Dr. Followed by The Strange
    Baxter, The Unchained Goddess (1958).
    Case of the
    Cosmic Rays
    In popular culture
    A brief sequence from Hemo the Magnificent is seen in the film Gremlins and also in Disney's Bill Nye the
    Science Guy. One of the evil gremlins sneaks into a classroom while the science teacher (Glynn Turman) is
    showing Hemo to the class.

    The film is mentioned in the Freaks and Geeks episode "Discos and Dragons" by the A/V supervisor.
    References
    1. Lenburg, Jeff (2009). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons (3rd ed.). New York: Checkmark
    Books. p. 317. ISBN 978-0-8160-6600-1.
    2. "Television: Review" (http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,867579,00.html).
    TIME.com. 1 April 1957.

    External links
    Hemo the Magnificent (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0156602/) on IMDb

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