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Stork Bites Man
Original theatrical poster
Directed byCy Endfield
Screenplay byCy Endfield
Produced byRalph Cohn
Mary Pickford
Charles 'Buddy' Rogers
StarringJackie Cooper
CinematographyVincent J. Farrar
Robert Pittack
Edited byLynn Harrison
Music byRaoul Kraushaar
Production
company
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • 1947 (1947)
Running time
67 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Stork Bites Man is a 1947 comedy film directed by Cy Endfield.[1] 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.[2]

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.[3]

Critical reception

  • TV Guide called the film an "innocuous comedy".[3]
  • 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." [2]

References

  1. ^ Stork Bites Man at TCMDB
  2. ^ a b "Stork Bites Man (1947) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. Retrieved 2014-05-23.
  3. ^ a b "Stork Bites Man Trailer, Reviews and Schedule for Stork Bites Man | TVGuide.com". Movies.tvguide.com. Retrieved 2014-05-23.