Life Begins
Overview
A day in the maternity ward from the lens of accepted morals and medical attitudes of 1932. The ward includes women from all walks of life and situations.
- Production
- First National Pictures, The Vitaphone Corporation, Warner Bros. Pictures
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Cast
Loretta Young
Grace Sutton
Eric Linden
Jed Sutton
Aline MacMahon
Miss Bowers
Glenda Farrell
Florette
Clara Blandick
Mrs. West
Preston Foster
Dr. Brett
Frank McHugh
Ringer Banks
Walter Walker
Dr. Tubby
Hale Hamilton
Dr. Cramm
Vivienne Osborne
Mrs. McGilvery
Dorothy Peterson
A Patient
Frank Darien
Harry (uncredited)
Donald Douglas
Medical Student (uncredited)
Paul Fix
Anxious Expectant Father (uncredited)
Esther Howard
Mrs. Tubby’s Friend (uncredited)
Reginald Mason
Dr. Lee (uncredited)
Herbert Mundin
Mr. MacGilvairy (uncredited)
Elizabeth Patterson
Mrs. Tubby (uncredited)
Mary Philips
Miss Pinty (uncredited)
Gilbert Roland
Tony, Rita's Husband (uncredited)
Crew
- Director
- James Flood
- Writers
- Earl Baldwin
- Producers
- Darryl F. Zanuck
- Cinematography
- James Van Trees
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Frank F
April 2, 2018
This film provides a window into life of 1932 as viewed from a higher-risk maternity ward. These were the days when surgery was much more dangerous, where ether ruled and the risk of infection was high (penicillin wasn't in widespread use for another 10 years). The expectant mothers in the ward come from all walks of the working-class life: a woman about to deliver her fifth child, an Italian, a proud "modern woman" (single), a nightclub singer and a convicted murderer. A film worth watching.