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Babies for Sale

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Babies for Sale
Film poster
Directed byCharles Barton
Screenplay byRobert Hardy Andrews
(as Robert D. Andrews)
Story byJoseph Carole
Robert Chapin
StarringRochelle Hudson
Glenn Ford
Miles Mander
CinematographyBenjamin H. Kline
Edited byCharles Nelson
Color processBlack and white
Production
company
Columbia Pictures
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • June 14, 1940 (1940-06-14)
Running time
65 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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

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A newsman exposes a doctor running an adoption ring from a home for expectant mothers.

Cast

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Production notes

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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 Columbia films but that of Babies for Sale went to Rochelle Hudson.

See also

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References

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