This 1934 was truly daring for its day. A hardworking woman who supports her invalid family is going to be sterilized because her entire family is deranged. The mother won't stop having children, the father is lazy and won't work, the children are crippled, one is in jail, one has the mind of a two year old when he is 12. After the mother gives birth to yet another baby which dies, the kindly doctor asks the Department of Public Health to pay a visit to the family. Public Health decides to sterilize the entire family, only it turns out that their eldest daughter, is not really theirs, and is healthy. It is now a race against the clock to get a court order reversed before she goes under the knife. Funny and somewhat shocking scene when the nurse is preparing the young woman for the sterilization process "Bet you didn't know I'm a barber too!" Quite daring film for its day.
Review of The Unborn
