FORMAT: DVD (REWATCH)
ORIGINAL REVIEW:
(As posted on August 20th, 2007)
Ed Wood regular Timothy Farrell made his film debut in this “Adults Only” movie from George Weiss, the producer of Glen or Glenda. He plays a doctor trying to help a young couple named George (William Thomason) and Cathy (Dorothy Duke) weigh their options once they realize that George is shooting blanks. He preaches about artificial insemination (a wowser of a concept at the time) and convinces them to have the procedure done.
This “educational” flick runs a scant 52 minutes with most of the running time spent on a wild party they attend. (They only go to the doctor during the last 15 minutes or so.) There are brief scenes of both the insemination and the birth, but nothing is ever shown. A surprising topless catfight and some tantalizingly brief glimpses of nudity assured the ‘40s audience would get their share of cheap thrills as well as sex education.
While the film is frankly informative, you have to sit through a lot of domestic stuff before you get to the actual procedure. But hey, at this running time you can’t complain that much. Farrell is pretty good especially when giving his chuckle inducing speeches and reprised his role in Hometown Girl released the same year.
AKA: Blessed Are They. AKA: Sins of Love. AKA: The Pill.
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