Stork Bites Man
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| Directed by | Cy Endfield |
| Produced by | Ralph Cohn Mary Pickford Charles 'Buddy' Rogers |
| Screenplay by | Cy Endfield |
| Starring | Jackie Cooper |
| Music by | Raoul Kraushaar |
| Cinematography | Vincent J. Farrar Robert Pittack |
| Edited by | Lynn Harrison |
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| Distributed by | United Artists |
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67 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Stork Bites Man is a 1947 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]
Plot
Ernie, 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]
Critical reception
- 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]
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