The Red Cross Heroine
"Nurse on the front line"
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About this film
Fred J. Balshofer directed this 1909 melodrama featuring a Red Cross heroine rescuing wounded in crisis, aligning with Progressive-era nursing ideals.
More about this film
About the production
Release date1909-12-31
ProductionBison Film Company
Themes
nursingrescue
Themes & topics
Red Crossheroine
Historical background
Balshofer co-founded Metro; Red Cross themes preceded World War I nursing propaganda.
Why this film matters
Documents Red Cross iconography in nickelodeon era.
What critics said
Survives in archive collections as early American rescue melodrama.
Did you know?
- Held in Library of Congress related collections.
Where to watch
- Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/moviewor05chal