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The Black Stork, also known as Are You Fit To Marry?, is a 1917 American motion picture film both written by and starring Harry J. Haiselden, who was the chief surgeon at the German-American Hospital in Chicago.
The Black Stork: Directed by Leopold Wharton, Theodore Wharton. With Jane Fearnley, Allan Murnane, Hamilton Revelle, Elsie Esmond. Eugenicist Harry J. Haiselden warns a young couple who are considering marriage that they are ill-matched and will produce defective offspring.
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- Drama
- Leopold Wharton, Theodore Wharton
- 1917-02
Mar 8, 2013 · The story of The Black Stork begins with the involvement of Chicago surgeon Harry J. Haiselden in the treatment of a severely disabled newborn, a boy apparently never given a first name but surnamed Bollinger, in 1915.
Jul 22, 1999 · Martin Pernick tells this captivating story--uncovering forgotten sources and long-lost motion pictures--in order to show how efforts to improve human heredity (eugenics) became linked with mercy killing, as well as with race, class, gender and ethnicity.
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- 1996
- Martin S. Pernick
- Martin S. Pernick
The Black Stork (1917) - Turner Classic Movies. 1917. Overview. Synopsis. Credits. Film Details. Notes. Cast & Crew. Read More. Leopold Wharton. Director. Jane Fearnley. Miriam Fontaine. Allan Murnane. Tom Watson. Dr. Harry J. Haiselden. Himself. Hamilton Revelle. Claude Leffingwell. Elsie Esmond. Anne Schultz. Film Details. Also Known As.
- Leopold Wharton, Theodore Wharton
- Jane Fearnley
The Black Stork was a controversial movie based on a real case of a doctor who refused to save a newborn with severe deformities in 1915. The film, produced by William Randolph Hearst, promoted eugenics, a social philosophy that advocated for selective breeding and sterilization of the "unfit".
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The black stork is a member of the genus Ciconia, or typical storks, a group of seven extant species, characterised by straight bills and mainly black and white plumage. The black stork was long thought to be most closely related to the white stork (C. ciconia).
