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Kroger Babb is a Scriptwriter and Producer American born on 30 december 1906 at Lees Creek (USA)
Howard W. "Kroger" Babb (December 30, 1906 – January 28, 1980) was an American film and television producer and showman. His marketing techniques were similar to a travelling salesman's, with roots in the medicine-show tradition. Self-described as "America's Fearless Young Showman," he is best known for his presentation of the 1945 exploitation film Mom and Dad, which was added to the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress in 2005.
Babb was involved in the production and marketing of many films and television shows, promoting each according to his favorite marketing motto: "You gotta tell 'em to sell 'em." His films ranged from sex education–style dramas to "documentaries" on foreign cultures, intended to titillate audiences rather than to educate them, maximizing profits via marketing gimmicks.
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Birth name Howard W. Babb
Nationality USA
Birth 30 december 1906 at Lees Creek (USA)
Death 28 january 1980 (at 73 years) at Palm Springs (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 30 december 1906 at Lees Creek (USA)
Death 28 january 1980 (at 73 years) at Palm Springs (USA)
Howard W. "Kroger" Babb (December 30, 1906 – January 28, 1980) was an American film and television producer and showman. His marketing techniques were similar to a travelling salesman's, with roots in the medicine-show tradition. Self-described as "America's Fearless Young Showman," he is best known for his presentation of the 1945 exploitation film Mom and Dad, which was added to the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress in 2005.
Babb was involved in the production and marketing of many films and television shows, promoting each according to his favorite marketing motto: "You gotta tell 'em to sell 'em." His films ranged from sex education–style dramas to "documentaries" on foreign cultures, intended to titillate audiences rather than to educate them, maximizing profits via marketing gimmicks.
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Mom and Dad (1945)
, 1h37Directed by William Beaudine
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Pregnancy films, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Sexploitation films
Actors Hardie Albright, George Eldredge, June Carlson, Jane Isbell, Forrest Taylor, John Hamilton
Rating53%
Mom and Dad tells the story of Joan Blake (June Carlson), a young girl who falls for the pilot Jack Griffin (Bob Lowell). After being sweet talked by Griffin, she has sex with him. The girl requests "hygiene books" from her mother Sarah Blake (Lois Austin); however, the mother refuses because the girl is not yet married. The girl later learns from her father Dan Blake (George Eldredge) that the pilot has died in a crash. She tears up a letter she had been writing to him, and lowers her head as the film fades into intermission.
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Walk the Walk (1970)
, 1h35Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about music and musicians, Hip hop films, Gangster films
Actors Bernie Hamilton, Eric Weston
Roles Producer
Rating44%
One Too Many (1950)
Directed by Erle C. Kenton
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Ruth Warrick, Richard Travis, Rhys Williams, Thurston Hall, William Tracy, Onslow Stevens
Roles Producer
Rating60%
The Lawton Story (1949)
Directed by William Beaudine
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Forrest Taylor, Gwynne Shipman, Maude Eburne, Knox Manning
Roles Producer
Rating58%
Wild Weed (1949)
, 1h10Directed by Sam Newfield
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Documentary films about health care
Actors Alan Baxter, Lyle Talbot, Lila Leeds, David Jack Holt, Donald Patrick Harvey II, Joseph Kenneth Shovlin
Roles Producer
Rating44%
Leeds' character is "Anne Lester", a young orphan who is trying to pay for her brother's college education. After meeting Markey, a drug dealer, Anne begins to believe that she must smoke marijuana to fit in with her friends. She then goes to a "tea party", where she tries the drug for the first time. She is unaffected by the initial experiment, and loses her fear of drugs as she continues to smoke.
Mom and Dad (1945)
, 1h37Directed by William Beaudine
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Pregnancy films, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Sexploitation films
Actors Hardie Albright, George Eldredge, June Carlson, Jane Isbell, Forrest Taylor, John Hamilton
Roles Producer
Rating53%
Mom and Dad tells the story of Joan Blake (June Carlson), a young girl who falls for the pilot Jack Griffin (Bob Lowell). After being sweet talked by Griffin, she has sex with him. The girl requests "hygiene books" from her mother Sarah Blake (Lois Austin); however, the mother refuses because the girl is not yet married. The girl later learns from her father Dan Blake (George Eldredge) that the pilot has died in a crash. She tears up a letter she had been writing to him, and lowers her head as the film fades into intermission.
Child Bride (1938)
, 1h2Directed by Harry Revier
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about education
Actors Shirley Mills, Angelo Rossitto, Warner Richmond
Roles Producer
Rating45%
Miss Carol (Diana Durrell) is an idealistic teacher in a remote one-room schoolhouse. A native of the Ozarks herself, she is determined to stop the practice of child marriage, in which older men marry teen or preteen girls. Her campaign raises the ire of some local men, led by Jake Bolby (Warner Richmond), who one night drag her into the woods, tie her to a tree with the intention of tarring and feathering her. Before they can do this, however, Angelo the dwarf (Angelo Rossitto) and Mr. Colton (George Humphreys) arrive with a shotgun to save the day.