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Life Begins

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Calorie Rating: 100
Released: 1932-09-10
Running Time: 71 Minutes
Studios: First National Pictures, The Vitaphone Corporation, Warner Bros. Pictures,


A day in the maternity ward from the lens of accepted morals and medical attitudes of 1932. The ward includes women from all walks of life and situations.

Director / Directors

James Flood
Director
Elliott Nugent
Co-Director


Cast

Loretta Young
Character: Grace Sutton
Eric Linden
Character: Jed Sutton
Aline MacMahon
Character: Miss Bowers

Glenda Farrell
Character: Florette
Clara Blandick
Character: Mrs. West
Preston Foster
Character: Dr. Brett

Frank McHugh
Character: Ringer Banks
Walter Walker
Character: Dr. Tubby
Hale Hamilton
Character: Dr. Cramm

Vivienne Osborne
Character: Mrs. McGilvery
Dorothy Peterson
Character: A Patient
A.S. Byron
Character: First Druggist (uncredited)

Marjorie Campbell
Character: Baby (uncredited)
Frank Darien
Character: Harry (uncredited)
Donald Douglas
Character: Medical Student (uncredited)

Helena Phillips Evans
Character: Mrs. Riggs, the Prison Matron (uncredited)
Paul Fix
Character: Anxious Expectant Father (uncredited)
Esther Howard
Character: Mrs. Tubby’s Friend (uncredited)

Reginald Mason
Character: Dr. Lee (uncredited)
Herbert Mundin
Character: Mr. MacGilvairy (uncredited)
Elizabeth Patterson
Character: Mrs. Tubby (uncredited)

Mary Philips
Character: Miss Pinty (uncredited)
Terrance Ray
Character: Medical Student (uncredited)
Gilbert Roland
Character: Tony, Rita's Husband (uncredited)

Gloria Shea
Character: Gladys Banks (uncredited)
Ruthelma Stevens
Character: Rose Laughton (uncredited)
Dorothy Tree
Character: Rita (uncredited)

Bobs Watson
Character: Edgar, Harry’s Son (uncredited)
Jack Wise
Character: Medical Student (uncredited)


Production and Crew

Earl Baldwin
Screenplay
Darryl F. Zanuck
Executive Producer
Orry-Kelly
Costume Design

Esdras Hartley
Art Direction
Raymond Griffith
Production Supervisor

James Van Trees
Director of Photography
William Maybery
Casting Assistant

Mary M. Axelson
Theatre Play
Dr. Harry Martin
Technical Advisor

William Forsyth
Casting Assistant