The Birth of a Baby | |
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Directed by | A. E. Christie |
Written by | Burke Symon Arthur Jarrett |
Produced by | Jack H. Skirball |
Starring |
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Cinematography | George Webber |
Production companies | Christie Productions The American Committee on Maternal Welfare, Inc. |
Distributed by | Special Pictures Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 72:00 |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Birth of a Baby is a 1938 American educational film about childbearing. [1] [2] [3] [4] It was directed by famed Canadian producer of silent shorts Al Christie. [5] The film stars Eleanore King, Richard Gordon, Ruth Matteson, and Josephine Dunn. The film's original negative was lost in the Fox vault fire of 1937. [6]
The film featured scenes of actual childbirth and this caused issues for the Hays Office. The filmmakers tried to get around the need for a Seal of Approval from the Hays Office by appealing directly to local and state censorship boards for approval to show the film in mainstream theaters. [7] [8] The film was banned in New York State in 1939 by a court ruling that scenes of childbirth were too indecent for public entertainment. [8]
The Birth of a Baby | |
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Directed by | A. E. Christie |
Written by | Burke Symon Arthur Jarrett |
Produced by | Jack H. Skirball |
Starring |
|
Cinematography | George Webber |
Production companies | Christie Productions The American Committee on Maternal Welfare, Inc. |
Distributed by | Special Pictures Corporation |
Release date |
|
Running time | 72:00 |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Birth of a Baby is a 1938 American educational film about childbearing. [1] [2] [3] [4] It was directed by famed Canadian producer of silent shorts Al Christie. [5] The film stars Eleanore King, Richard Gordon, Ruth Matteson, and Josephine Dunn. The film's original negative was lost in the Fox vault fire of 1937. [6]
The film featured scenes of actual childbirth and this caused issues for the Hays Office. The filmmakers tried to get around the need for a Seal of Approval from the Hays Office by appealing directly to local and state censorship boards for approval to show the film in mainstream theaters. [7] [8] The film was banned in New York State in 1939 by a court ruling that scenes of childbirth were too indecent for public entertainment. [8]