Dr. Socrates 1935
Dr. Socrates gave up his brilliant career as surgeon in a prominent hospital because his betrothed died under his knife. He is now a struggling doctor in a small town that has a gangster's hideout.
Dr. Socrates gave up his brilliant career as surgeon in a prominent hospital because his betrothed died under his knife. He is now a struggling doctor in a small town that has a gangster's hideout.
In early 1900s Surrey, fifty women labeled as typhoid carriers face unjust confinement at Long Grove Asylum. Isolated and stigmatized, they endure harsh conditions while fighting for their basic human rights against a cruel medical system. (Filming began in February 2025 and lasted 15 days before being halted indefinitely due to lack of funding; two months later, production company AITA Films Limited filed for bankruptcy.)
An orphaned man recalls his upbringing with his aunt and her husband, the parson, in a small Western town during the Reconstruction.
A state prison is threatened by approaching floods, an epidemic of typhoid fever breaks out among the inmates, the prison's only doctor falls sick, there are only three nurses to administer vaccines and take care of stricken patients--and a group of prisoners is planning to use the chaos as a cover for a mass escape.
City girl marries country doctor, meets prejudice and exclusion when she tries to befriend the townspeople.
Filmmaker friends Mark and Andy investigate the legend of Typhoid Mary, a girl who was locked up in an insane asylum that was believed to be haunted. But bad things start to happen after Andy's fiancée conducts a séance to summon Mary's spirit.
Based on Mary Beth Keane's novel of the same name, the miniseries will examine the first known carrier of typhoid fever, who landed in the history books as “Typhoid Mary.” Mary, unfortunately, started the spread of the highly contagious, extremely deadly, disease across 20th century New York City.