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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]
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 ...
A presentation of Walt Disney Family Foundation Films, [3] the film tells the story of Walt Disney's 1941 U.S. Government sponsored trip to Latin and South America [4] where he and a group of artists gathered material which would be used to create the two Disney animated feature films Saludos Amigos (1942) and The Three Caballeros (1944).
When Rolling Stone ranked all then-145 cast members of "SNL," they put John Belushi in the top spot, calling him "the first rock 'n' roll star of comedy.". Belushi was another one of the seven ...
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).
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 ...
Stars Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier were newlyweds at the time of filming and were considered a "dream couple". The film's tagline was The Year's Most Exciting Team of Screen Lovers! [ 14 ] That Hamilton Woman is the last of three films they made together and their only film as a married couple.