Expert: Brad Lang - 3/21/2007

Question
This is probably a really hard one to answer but I'm looking for an old Black & White movie that I saw on TV about 10 years or more ago. It aired during one of those afternoon spots on a classic TV channel on cable.

I have no clue what the name of the movie was or who starred in it. I don't even remember the plot. But here is the reason I am looking for the movie. There was this very funny scene which depicted a hospital ward with a dozen or so women lying on beds "in labor". None of the women actually looked pregnant and none of them actually acted like they were in labor. But one by one they would be taken out to deliver their babies and then they would be brought back after their babies were born. I remember some of the women were knitting while they waited their turn. It wasn't supposed to be a funny scene but it was hysterical. I'm guessing that it wasn't really considered proper to depict pregnancy or birth in the movies back then.

Now that I am a midwife and I would love to know what movie this was and have a copy of it if that's possible. Can you help?

Answer
Thanks for writing. Unfortunately, while that does sound familiar to me, I can't come up with a title. How about posting your question on the Classic Movies Forum? That way more than one person can try to answer it. Go to http://forums.delphiforums.com/classicmov to log in. If you're not a Delphi member, you'll need to register, which only requires an email address.

Good luck,

Brad Lang
Classic Movies
http://www.classicmovies.org