Sun’s Kiss: Vitamin D Glow 1929

This 1929 silent film, Sunshine - A Romance Of A Ray, a Rothacker Production, celebrates sunlight’s health benefits and Vitamin D’s rise. Produced by Chicago’s Rothacker Film Manufacturing Co., it blends romance with science—perhaps a tale of a frail child thriving under sunrays, filmed on breezy rooftops or beaches. Intertitles tout Vitamin D’s role in fighting rickets and boosting bones, reflecting 1920s medical breakthroughs. With poetic visuals of dawn and play, it’s an educational ode to heliotherapy, likely pitched to schools or health campaigns in the pre-Depression glow.