Stork Bites Man Explained

Stork Bites Man
Director:	Cy Endfield
Producer:	Ralph Cohn Mary Pickford Charles 'Buddy' Rogers
Screenplay:	Cy Endfield
Starring:	Jackie Cooper
Music:	Raoul Kraushaar
Cinematography:	Vincent J. Farrar Robert Pittack
Editing:	Lynn Harrison
Studio:	Comet Productions
Distributor:	United Artists
Runtime:	67 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	English

Stork Bites Man is a 1947 American 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]

Cast

• Jackie Cooper as Ernest (Ernie) C. Brown
• Meg Randall as Peg Brown (as Gene Roberts)
• Emory Parnell as Alan Kimberly
• Gus Schilling as Hubert Butterfield
• Sarah Selby as Mrs. Greene
• Scott Elliott as Jerry
• Marjorie Beckett as Mabel (as Marjory Beckett)
• Ralph Peters as Morgan
• Dave Willock as Lester
• Stanley Prager as Voice of the Invisible Stork

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]

External links

• Stork Bites Man at IMDb

Notes and References

1. http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/91481/Stork-Bites-Man/ Stork Bites Man
2. Web site: Stork Bites Man (1947) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast . AllMovie . 2014-05-23.
3. Web site: Stork Bites Man Trailer, Reviews and Schedule for Stork Bites Man | TVGuide.com . Movies.tvguide.com . 2014-05-23.