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English. Life Begins is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film starring Loretta Young, Eric Linden, Aline MacMahon, and Glenda Farrell. The film was adapted from the 1932 play of the same name by Mary M. Axelson. [1] [2] [3] It was released by Warner Bros. on September 10, 1932. The film was praised for its honest portrayal of a maternity ward .
Life Begins: Directed by James Flood, Elliott Nugent. With Loretta Young, Eric Linden, Aline MacMahon, Glenda Farrell. At a maternity hospital, future fathers pace the corridors while their wives wait for their babies either anxiously or happily.
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- Drama, Romance
- James Flood, Elliott Nugent
- 1932-09-10
Life Begins Loretta Young was young in 1932. Only 19 years old, the already madonna-esque starlet made a string of semi-lurid "women's pictures" like Play Girl (1932), Weekend Marriage (1932), and this sentimental drama about a pregnant felon (Young) who must choose between a lethal C-section or an abortion.
- James Flood, Elliott Nugent
- Loretta Young
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Life Begins is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film starring Loretta Young, Eric Linden, Aline MacMahon and Glenda Farrell. The film was adapted from the play of the same name by Mary M. Axelson. It was released by Warner Bros. on September 10, 1932. The film was praised for its honest portrayal of a maternity ward.
The film violates common rules of decency. The producers are making a powerful argument for a law prohibiting the showing of this picture and others of its type. Its outright frankness in dealing with biological facts best left for the doctor's consulting room is what condemns Life Begins. —Fred Speers, The Denver Post, 21 August 1932
After a touching farewell with Jed, Grace, whose health has suffered from prison conditions, is taken into the labor room. While Jed waits anxiously, Florette is appalled by the plans that the prospective adoptive mother of her twins has concocted. She cradles one baby herself and discovers mother love. Miss Layton has also given up on her ...
