| 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 |
Stork Bites Man is a 1947 American comedy film directed by Cy Endfield. 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.
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.
Cast
- 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
- TV Guide called the film an "innocuous comedy".
- 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."
References
- Stork Bites Man at TCMDB
- ^ "Stork Bites Man (1947) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. Retrieved 2014-05-23.
- ^ "Stork Bites Man Trailer, Reviews and Schedule for Stork Bites Man | TVGuide.com". Movies.tvguide.com. Retrieved 2014-05-23.
External links
| Films directed by Cy Endfield | |
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