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The Birth of a Baby
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Wikipedia article
'The Birth of a Baby' is a 1938 American educational film about childbearing. It was directed by famed Canadian producer of silent shorts Al Christie.[http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=4162 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:'..The Birth of a Baby'] Retrieved November 20, 2016 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.
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Censorship
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. The film was banned in New York State in 1939 by a court ruling that scenes of childbirth were too indecent for public entertainment.
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