Babies for Sale

Babies for Sale
Babies for Sale
	Film poster
Directed by	Charles Barton
Screenplay by	Robert Hardy Andrews; (as Robert D. Andrews)
Story by	Joseph Carole; Robert Chapin
Starring	Rochelle Hudson; Glenn Ford; Miles Mander
Cinematography	Benjamin H. Kline
Edited by	Charles Nelson
Color process	Black and white
Production; company	Columbia Pictures
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	June 14, 1940;
Running time	65 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Babies for Sale is a 1940 American film noir crime drama film directed by Charles Barton and starring Rochelle Hudson, Glenn Ford and Miles Mander.

Plot[]

A newsman (Glenn Ford) exposes a doctor (Miles Mander) running an adoption ring from a home for expectant mothers.

Cast[]

Rochelle Hudson as Ruth Williams
Glenn Ford as Steve Burton / Oscar Hanson
Miles Mander as Dr. Wallace Rankin
Joe De Stefani as Dr. John Gaines (as Joseph Stefani)
Isabel Jewell as Edith Drake
Georgia Caine as Iris Talbot
Eva Hyde as Gerda Honaker
Selmer Jackson as Arthur Kingsley
Mary Currier as Mrs. Thelma Kingsley
Edwin Stanley as Mr. Edwards
Douglas Wood as Dr. Ateshire
John Qualen as Howard Anderson
Helen Brown as Mrs. Howard Anderson

Production notes[]

In April 1940 The New York Times reported that Evelyn Young was to receive the female lead in Babies for Sale.^[1] Young would soon receive other lead roles in Colombia films but that of Babies for Sale went to Rochelle Hudson.

References[]

The Westerners: Interviews with Actors, Directors, Writers and Producers, by C. Courtney Joyner

^ Churchill, Douglas (April 12, 1940). "News of the screen". The New York Times. New York City. p. 24. ISSN 0362-4331 – via ProQuest. Evelyn Young, a child star of fifteen years ago who was known as Evelyn Jennings, has received a leading role in "Babies for Sale" at Colombia.

External links[]

Babies For Sale at the American Film Institute Catalog
Babies for Sale at IMDb

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[nyt-1940-04-12-1] Churchill, Douglas (April 12, 1940). "News of the screen". The New York Times. New York City. p. 24. ISSN 0362-4331 – via ProQuest. Evelyn Young, a child star of fifteen years ago who was known as Evelyn Jennings, has received a leading role in "Babies for Sale" at Colombia.

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