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A Child is Born

A Child is Born1939

★7.179 minDrama

A pregnant prison inmate shares her problems with the patients in a maternity ward.

Director

Writer

Score

Stars

Geraldine Fitzgerald Jeffrey Lynn Gladys George

Cast50

Geraldine Fitzgerald
as Grace Sutton
Jeffrey Lynn
as Jed Sutton
Gladys George
as Florette Laverne
Gale Page
as Miss Bowers
Spring Byington
as Mrs. Mamie West
Johnnie Davis
as Ringer Banks
Henry O'Neill
as Dr. Lee
John Litel
as Dr. Brett
Gloria Holden
as Mrs. Kempner
Johnny Downs
as Johnny Norton
Eve Arden
as Miss Pinty
Fay Helm
as The Woman
Louis Jean Heydt
as Mr. Kempner
Nanette Fabray
as Gladys Norton
J
Jean Sharon
as Mrs. Helen Banks
Hobart Cavanaugh
as Mr. Herbert West
George Irving
as Dr. Cramm
Nella Walker
as Mrs. Twitchell
Winifred Harris
as Mrs. Holt
Dorothy Adams
as Nurse (uncredited)
Marie Blake
as Ethel - Reception Nurse (uncredited)
Sidney Bracey
as Third Drugstore Clerk (uncredited)
Virginia Brissac
as Mr. Norton's Mother (uncredited)
B
Buz Buckley
as Edgar West - The Little Tot (uncredited)
Georgia Caine
as Mrs. Norton's Mother (uncredited)
Joan Carroll
as Little Girl (uncredited)
G
Georgie Cooper
as Elderly Lady Frightened By Toy (uncredited)
Esther Dale
as Prison Matron (uncredited)
Edgar Dearing
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Edward Gargan
as Officer Riley - Police Guard (uncredited)
Sol Gorss
as Intern in Gallery (uncredited)
E
Eddie Graham
as Elderly Lady's Chauffeur (uncredited)
Creighton Hale
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Sibyl Harris
as Flower Woman (uncredited)
William Hopper
as Intern Going to See Operation (uncredited)
O
Owen King
as Intern (uncredited)
C
Charles Marsh
as Intern (uncredited)
Frank Mayo
as Policeman (uncredited)
George Meeker
as Mr. Harry Laverne (uncredited)
Carlyle Moore Jr.
as Intern Typing Blood (uncredited)
Frances Morris
as Nurse (uncredited)
George O'Hanlon
as Young Husband (uncredited)
Garry Owen
as First Drugstore Clerk (uncredited)
John J. Richardson
as Intern Stopping Jed (uncredited)
John Ridgely
as Intern Going to See Operation (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre
as Second Drugstore Clerk (uncredited)
D
Don Turner
as Intern with Dr. Lee (uncredited)
Marie Wells
as Nurse (uncredited)
C
Claude Wisberg
as Messenger (uncredited)
Maris Wrixon
as Information Girl (uncredited)

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