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A Child Is Born is a american film of genre Drama directed by Lloyd Bacon released in USA on 7 december 1939 with Geraldine Fitzgerald
A Child Is Born (1939)
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Add to a movie listA Child Is Born is a 1939 American drama film directed by Lloyd Bacon and written by Robert Rossen. The film stars Geraldine Fitzgerald, Jeffrey Lynn, Gladys George, Gale Page, Spring Byington and Johnnie Davis. The film was released by Warner Bros. on December 17, 1939.
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Jed Sutton (Jeffrey Lynn) arrive à la maternité d'un grand hôpital pour rendre visite à sa femme Grace (Geraldine Fitzgerald), une meurtrière condamnée libérée de prison pour pouvoir donner naissance à son enfant. Peu après, M West (Spring Byington) arrive également à la maternité pour donner naissance à son septième enfant, et est accueillie par M Bowers (Gale Page), l'infirmière en chef. Sont également présents dans la salle d'attente, Florette Laverne (Gladys George), une danseuse enceinte de jumeaux et qui ne veut pas d'enfant parce que son mari Harry l'a menacé de la quitter ; Gladys Norton (Nanette Fabray), 18 ans, qui est secrètement mariée et craint la réaction de sa mère ; M Kempner (Gloria Holden), qui veut désespérément un enfant même si les médecins lui ont dit qu'elle ne pourra jamais en porter un ; et M Helen Banks (Jean Sharon), dont le mari arpente la salle d'attente.Actors
Geraldine Fitzgerald
(Grace Sutton)
Jeffrey Lynn
(Jed Sutton)
Gladys George
(Florette Laverne)
Gale Page
(Miss Bowers)
Spring Byington
(Mrs. Mamie West)
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