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Tomorrow's Children

  • 1934
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 10m
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
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Donald Douglas and Diane Sinclair in Tomorrow's Children (1934)
Drama

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 co... Read allA 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 brothers are crippled, have mental problems or are jailed... Read allA 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 brothers are crippled, have mental problems or are jailed--she is ordered by a court to undergo sterilization so that her family's "defective genes... Read all

  • Director
    • Crane Wilbur
  • Writers
    • Wallace Thurman
    • Crane Wilbur
  • Stars
    • Diane Sinclair
    • Donald Douglas
    • John Preston
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.7/10
    203
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Crane Wilbur
    • Writers
      • Wallace Thurman
      • Crane Wilbur
    • Stars
      • Diane Sinclair
      • Donald Douglas
      • John Preston
    • 6User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
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    Diane Sinclair
    • Alice Mason
    Donald Douglas
    Donald Douglas
    • Dr. Brooks
    John Preston
    • Dr. Crosby
    Carlyle Moore Jr.
    Carlyle Moore Jr.
    • Jim Baker
    Sterling Holloway
    Sterling Holloway
    • Dr. Dorsey
    W. Messenger Bellis
    • Dr. McIntyre
    Hyram A. Hoover
    • Spike
    Constance Kent
    Constance Kent
    • Nurse
    Lewis Gambart
    • Jeff
    Arthur Wanzer
    • Mr. Mason
    Sarah Padden
    Sarah Padden
    • Mrs. Mason
    Lane Chandler
    Lane Chandler
    • Courtroom Attorney
    • (uncredited)
    Ray Corrigan
    Ray Corrigan
    • Intern
    • (uncredited)
    Frank LaRue
    Frank LaRue
    • Judge Beakin
    • (uncredited)
    Billy O'Brien
    • Mason Boy
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    Dave O'Brien
    Dave O'Brien
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    Gene O'Brien
    • Mason Boy
    • (uncredited)
    Dick Rush
    • Policeman
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    • Director
      • Crane Wilbur
    • Writers
      • Wallace Thurman
      • Crane Wilbur(uncredited)
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    Please watch this film with somebody sober!
    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!
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    • Dec 19, 2000

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    • Release date
      • July 1934 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Sterilization
    • Production company
      • Bryan Foy Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 10 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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