Forbidden Hollywood Collection: Volume 8 "Deathstroke" Operation Heartbeat was the pilot

Operation Heartbeat was the pilot movie for the TV series Medical Center

except ex-entertainers Sam and Susie Parker

in her last film

Polly decides to sacrifice her happiness for her husband's

is a superb example of how studio-system filmmakers kept successful plotlines rolling

Forbidden Hollywood Collection: Volume 8 "Deathstroke" Operation Heartbeat was the pilotBack in the days before "the Code" forced Hollywood to walk away from its wild side, the silver screen enticed escape craving Depression Era audiences with salacious slices of life. Hungers and thirsts that would shortly become taboo for a generation and more were on ample display in movie palaces across the country, from amoral and amorous working class anti heroes and high living, free loving dilettantes to hard drinking newshounds and hard gambling