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Black Market Babies
Directed by	William Beaudine
Written by	George Maurice Virginia Reid (article) George Wallace Sayre
Produced by	Jeffrey Bernerd
Cinematography	Harry Neumann
Edited by	William Austin
Music by	Edward J. Kay
Distributed by	Monogram Pictures
Release date	December 15, 1945 (1945-12-15)
Running time	71 min.
Country	United States
Language	English

Black Market Babies is a 1945 American crime drama film directed by William Beaudine and released by Monogram Pictures.^[1] The film has been released on DVD.^[2]

Plot

A small-time hood teams up with an alcoholic obstetrician to set up a private maternity ward, where the expectant mothers' expenses are paid by the "donations" of "adoptive" parents. The racket goes wrong when one of the previously sold children is stillborn, which means the hood has to come up with a replacement baby.

Cast

Ralph Morgan as Dr. Henry Jordon
Kane Richmond as Eddie Condon
Jayne Hazard as Doris Condon
Teala Loring as Evelyn Barrett
Marjorie Hoshelle as Donna Corbett
George Meeker as Anthony Marsden
Maris Wrixon as Helen Roberts
Nana Bryant as Mrs. Grace Andrews
Addison Richards as the District Attorney
Anthony Warde as Paul Carroll
Selmer Jackson as Mr. Henry Andrews
Dewey Robinson as Barney Kramer

Production

The Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, which enforced the Hays Code at the time, did not allow films to show that pregnancy, if shown at all, resulted in any visual changes to a woman's body.^[3] After reviewing the script for Black Market Babies, it cautioned that actresses were not to use any padding to simulate pregnancy.^[3]

References

^ American Film Institute entry for Black Market Babies.
^ Warner Bros. Entertainment film summary
^ ^a ^b Kirby, David A. (September 2017). "Regulating cinematic stories about reproduction: pregnancy, childbirth, abortion and movie censorship in the US, 1930–1958". British Journal for the History of Science. 50 (3). Cambridge University Press / British Society for the History of Science: 451, 458. doi:10.1017/S0007087417000814. ISSN 0007-0874. Retrieved 5 March 2021.

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