Babies for Sale explained

Babies for Sale
Director:	Charles Barton
Screenplay:	Robert Hardy Andrews (as Robert D. Andrews)
Story:	Joseph Carole Robert Chapin
Starring:	Rochelle Hudson Glenn Ford Miles Mander
Cinematography:	Benjamin H. Kline
Editing:	Charles Nelson
Color Process:	Black and white
Studio:	Columbia Pictures
Distributor:	Columbia Pictures
Runtime:	65 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	English

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

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

Cast

• Rochelle Hudson as Ruth Williams
• Glenn Ford as Steve Burton / Oscar Hanson
• Miles Mander as Dr. Wallace Rankin
• Joe De Stefani as Dr. John Gaines (as Joseph Stefani)
• Isabel Jewell as Edith Drake
• Georgia Caine as Iris Talbot
• Eva Hyde as Gerda Honaker
• Selmer Jackson as Arthur Kingsley
• Mary Currier as Mrs. Thelma Kingsley
• Edwin Stanley as Mr. Edwards
• Douglas Wood as Dr. Ateshire
• John Qualen as Howard Anderson
• Helen Brown as Mrs. Howard Anderson

Production notes

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

• List of American films of 1940

References

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

Notes and References

1. News: News of the screen. Douglas. Churchill. 24. April 12, 1940. New York City. 0362-4331. ProQuest. The New York Times. 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..