The Black Stork (1917)
Kill defectives, save the nation and see 'The Black Stork'.
A young man and woman are considering marriage; eugenicist Harry J Haiselden warns that they are ill-matched and will produce defective offspring. He is right; their baby is born defective, dies quickly and floats into heaven.
- Date of release
- 1917-02-28
- TMDB
- 6.0 / 10 (3)
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Genres
- Drama, Horror
- Director
- Leopold Wharton, Theodore Wharton
Casting
- Jane Fearnley — Miriam Fontaine
- Allan Murnane — Tom Watson
- Hamilton Revelle — Claude Leffingwell
- Elsie Esmond — Anne Schultz
- Henry Bergman — The Detective
- John Miltern
- Edgar L. Davenport
- George Moss
- Elsie Baker
- Harry J. Haiselden — Dr. Dickey
- Bessie Wharton
- Frances White
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