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Robert Cummings and Barbara Hale star in "The First Time," a 1952 comedy directed by Frank Tashin.

The story concerns a couple, Joe and Betsy Bennet, preparing for, and finally having, their first child. As they soon learn, it's not paradise - intefering mothers in-laws, a strict nurse, sleepless nights, new expenses, and lots of bills. On top of which - since this is the unenlightened 1950s - Joe expects his wife to take care of the house and look good when he comes home and wants his dinner.

Joe is an architect who has taken a job selling washing machines - and not particuolarly good ones - for his father. He hates it, and he isn't succesful.

On their first night out, Joe goes to pick up a babysitter, waiting at a bus stop, and winds up with a hooker instead.

Humorous and somewhat realistic film for the time, narrated by the darling baby - we know the parents were adjust, and we also know it's slow-going at first. Today the dads help a little more.