Stork Bites Man is a 1947 American comedy film directed by Cy Endfield.[1] it was the last of five short features from Comet Productions, a company owned by Mary Pickford, her husband Charles "Buddy" Rogers and former Columbia executive Ralph Cohn.[2]
| Stork Bites Man | |
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.jpg) Original theatrical poster | |
| Directed by | Cy Endfield |
| Screenplay by | Cy Endfield |
| Produced by | Ralph Cohn Mary Pickford Charles 'Buddy' Rogers |
| Starring | Jackie Cooper |
| Cinematography | Vincent J. Farrar Robert Pittack |
| Edited by | Lynn Harrison |
| Music by | Raoul Kraushaar |
Production company | Comet Productions |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
Release date |
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Running time | 67 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
editErnie, an apartment manager gets fired and evicted when his boss, who hates kids, learns that Ernie's wife is pregnant. Taking advice from a mysterious, invisible stork, Ernie organizes an apartment workers' strike, which eventually forces his boss to soften up.[3]
Cast
edit- Jackie Cooper as Ernest (Ernie) C. Brown
- Meg Randall as Peg Brown (as Gene Roberts)
- Emory Parnell as Alan Kimberly
- Gus Schilling as Hubert Butterfield
- Sarah Selby as Mrs. Greene
- Scott Elliott as Jerry
- Marjorie Beckett as Mabel (as Marjory Beckett)
- Ralph Peters as Morgan
- Dave Willock as Lester
- Stanley Prager as Voice of the Invisible Stork
Critical reception
edit- TV Guide called the film an "innocuous comedy".[3]
- Allmovie called the film "only fitfully funny, 'Stork Bites Man' is brightened by the presence of veteran burlesque comedian Gus Schilling, making a meal of his role as a nursery-supply peddler."[2]
References
edit- ^ Stork Bites Man at TCMDB
- ^ a b "Stork Bites Man (1947) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. Retrieved 2014-05-23.
- ^ a b "Stork Bites Man Trailer, Reviews and Schedule for Stork Bites Man | TVGuide.com". Movies.tvguide.com. Retrieved 2014-05-23.
External links
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