| A Child Is Born | |
| Director: | Lloyd Bacon |
| Producer: | Samuel Bischoff |
| Screenplay: | Robert Rossen |
| Starring: | Geraldine Fitzgerald Jeffrey Lynn Gladys George Gale Page Spring Byington Johnnie Davis |
| Music: | Heinz Roemheld |
| Cinematography: | Charles Rosher |
| Editing: | Jack Killifer |
| Studio: | Warner Bros. |
| Distributor: | Warner Bros. |
| Runtime: | 79 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
A 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.[1] [2] It was a remake of the 1932 film Life Begins starring Loretta Young. A further remake Love Story was made in Italy in 1942.
Film about several mothers at hospital maternity ward. The nurses care for the mothers and their new born babies. The relationship that are formed with the mothers to be and the expectant fathers.
Numerous regional censor boards heavily edited or banned the film because they believed its discussions of childbirth would frighten women from pursuing motherhood. British Columbia rejected the film because "The showing of this picture would have the effect of creating a fear in the minds of expectant mothers."[3]