A Child Is Born

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A Child Is Born

"A Woman's Greatest Adventure in Life!"

1939

1h 19m

6.5(3 votes)

Drama

Overview

A pregnant prison inmate shares her problems with the patients in a maternity ward.

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50 members

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Geraldine Fitzgerald

Grace Sutton

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Jeffrey Lynn

Jed Sutton

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Gladys George

Florette Laverne

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Gale Page

Miss Bowers

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Spring Byington

Mrs. Mamie West

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Johnnie Davis

Ringer Banks

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Henry O'Neill

Dr. Lee

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John Litel

Dr. Brett

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Gloria Holden

Mrs. Kempner

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Johnny Downs

Johnny Norton

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Eve Arden

Miss Pinty

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Fay Helm

The Woman

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Louis Jean Heydt

Mr. Kempner

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Nanette Fabray

Gladys Norton

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Jean Sharon

Mrs. Helen Banks

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Hobart Cavanaugh

Mr. Herbert West

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George Irving

Dr. Cramm

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Nella Walker

Mrs. Twitchell

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Winifred Harris

Mrs. Holt

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Dorothy Adams

Nurse (uncredited)

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Marie Blake

Ethel - Reception Nurse (uncredited)

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Sidney Bracey

Third Drugstore Clerk (uncredited)

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Virginia Brissac

Mr. Norton's Mother (uncredited)

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Buz Buckley

Edgar West - The Little Tot (uncredited)

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Georgia Caine

Mrs. Norton's Mother (uncredited)

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Joan Carroll

Little Girl (uncredited)

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Georgie Cooper

Elderly Lady Frightened By Toy (uncredited)

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Esther Dale

Prison Matron (uncredited)

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Edgar Dearing

Police Sergeant (uncredited)

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Edward Gargan

Officer Riley - Police Guard (uncredited)

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Sol Gorss

Intern in Gallery (uncredited)

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Eddie Graham

Elderly Lady's Chauffeur (uncredited)

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Creighton Hale

Elevator Operator (uncredited)

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Sibyl Harris

Flower Woman (uncredited)

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William Hopper

Intern Going to See Operation (uncredited)

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Owen King

Intern (uncredited)

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Charles Marsh

Intern (uncredited)

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Frank Mayo

Policeman (uncredited)

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George Meeker

Mr. Harry Laverne (uncredited)

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Carlyle Moore Jr.

Intern Typing Blood (uncredited)

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Frances Morris

Nurse (uncredited)

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George O'Hanlon

Young Husband (uncredited)

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Garry Owen

First Drugstore Clerk (uncredited)

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John J. Richardson

Intern Stopping Jed (uncredited)

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John Ridgely

Intern Going to See Operation (uncredited)

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Jeffrey Sayre

Second Drugstore Clerk (uncredited)

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Don Turner

Intern with Dr. Lee (uncredited)

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Marie Wells

Nurse (uncredited)

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Claude Wisberg

Messenger (uncredited)

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Maris Wrixon

Information Girl (uncredited)

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