A young woman wishes to marry her boyfriend and raise a family, but because her own family has been deemed "defective" by the state health authorities--her parents are lazy alcoholics who ...
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Title: Tomorrow's Children (1934)
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Diane Sinclair | ... | Alice Mason |
| Donald Douglas | ... | Dr. Brooks | |
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John Preston | ... | Dr. Crosby |
| Carlyle Moore Jr. | ... | Jim Baker | |
| Sterling Holloway | ... | Dr. Dorsey | |
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W. Messenger Bellis | ... | Dr. McIntyre |
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Hyram A. Hoover | ... | Spike |
| Constance Kent | ... | Nurse | |
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Lewis Gambart | ... | Jeff |
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Arthur Wanzer | ... | Mr. Mason |
| Sarah Padden | ... | Mrs. Mason | |
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A young woman wishes to marry her boyfriend and raise a family, but because her own family has been deemed "defective" by the state health authorities--her parents are lazy alcoholics who continue to have children, and her siblings (brothers here) are crippled, have mental problems or are jailed--she is ordered by a court to undergo sterilization so that her family's "defective genes" won't be passed on to any more children. Her boyfriend and a kindly priest desperately search for a way to stop the forced sterilization before it's too late. Written by frankfob2@yahoo.com
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eugenics | sterilization | health policy | propaganda | individual rights |Taglines:
The girl wanted her birthright...she wanted the man she loved to be the father of her child...but the state condemned her...for the sins of her parents. (Print Ad-Philadelphia Inquirer, ((Philadelphia, Penna.)) 15 September 1934) See more »Genres:
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July 1934 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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100% hysterical! This ancient cry for the end of forced sterilisation will have you bewildered, and laughing. The Board of Health wishes to streilise a family of nitwits. The parents are lazy boozehounds well past 70 years old, yet they have infant children! Their oldest daughter is up for the operation, but she's normal wants to marry some nice guy, and have kids. Highlights include a courtroom scene where a judge decides if an insane young man is to be sterilised. We know he's crackers cuz he has an Alfred E. Newman grin, has dark, wild raccoon eyes and giggles when he rips his nurse's gown off! Then there's a hospital scene where a Doctor uses kindly, almost baby talk to a tough Cagney-like gangster in explaining the sterilisation process. You won't want to miss these hy-jinks!