Radium City

1987· 105 min★ 8.8· Documentary

This documentary concerns the women who fell victim to radium poisoning in Ottawa, Illinois during the 1920s. The women worked painting radium on the dials of clocks and would wet the tips of the paintbrushes with their tongues. I...

Cast: Marie Becker Rossiter, Charlotte Nevins Purcell

Director: Carole Langer