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Something the Lord Made is a 2004 American made-for-television biographical drama film about the black cardiac pioneer Vivien Thomas (1910–1985) and his complex and volatile partnership with white surgeon Alfred Blalock (1899–1964), the "Blue Baby doctor" who pioneered modern heart surgery.
Vivien Theodore Thomas (August 29, 1910 [1] – November 26, 1985) [2] was an American laboratory supervisor who, in the 1940s, played a major role in developing a procedure now called the Blalock–Thomas–Taussig shunt used to treat blue baby syndrome (now known as cyanotic heart disease) along with surgeon Alfred Blalock and cardiologist Helen B. Taussig. [3]
Tom & Viv is a 1994 historical drama film directed by Brian Gilbert, based on the 1984 play of the same name by British playwright Michael Hastings about the early love life of American poet T. S. Eliot.
Helen Brooke Taussig (May 24, 1898 – May 20, 1986) was an American cardiologist, working in Baltimore and Boston, who founded the field of pediatric cardiology.She is credited with developing the concept for a procedure that would extend the lives of children born with Tetralogy of Fallot (the most common cause of blue baby syndrome).
Ship of Fools is a 1965 American drama film directed by Stanley Kramer, set on board an ocean liner bound for Germany from Mexico in 1933. It stars a prominent ensemble cast of 11 stars — Vivien Leigh (in her final film role), Simone Signoret, Jose Ferrer, Lee Marvin, Oskar Werner, Elizabeth Ashley, George Segal, Jose Greco, Michael Dunn, Charles Korvin and Heinz Ruehmann.
Vivien Thomas: Mos Def: Stage Beauty: Edward Kynaston: Billy Crudup: Thérèse: Saint Thérèse of Lisieux: Lindsay Younce: The Blue Butterfly: Pete Carlton (The character is based on David Marenger) [7] Marc Donato: Troy: Achilles: Brad Pitt: Hector: Eric Bana: Paris of Troy: Orlando Bloom: Helen of Troy: Diane Kruger: Agamemnon: Brian Cox ...
Dr. Vivien Morgan / Sir Boss How Stella Got Her Groove Back: Delilah Abraham Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie: Stormella, The Evil Ice Queen Voice role The Rugrats Movie: Ranger Margaret Alice in Wonderland: Cheshire Cat: 1999 The Deep End of Ocean: Detective Candace "Candy" Bliss Girl, Interrupted: Valerie Owens, R.N. 2000
The film was shot primarily on location in Wales and has since acquired a reputation among aficionados as a cult movie. [4] " The film, beautifully photographed and spoken, casts the brooding spell of Thomas’ verse in its reconstruction of the seaside village and the daily round of its inhabitants", wrote Andrew Sinclair in the International ...