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Life Begins (1932)
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71 min | Drama, Romance

Life Begins (1932)

Passed

71 min | Drama, Romance

At a maternity hospital, future fathers pace the corridors while their wives wait for their babies either anxiously or happily. Efficient and compassionate nurse Miss Bowers keeps the ward running smoothly. Things liven up when Grace ...See moreAt a maternity hospital, future fathers pace the corridors while their wives wait for their babies either anxiously or happily. Efficient and compassionate nurse Miss Bowers keeps the ward running smoothly. Things liven up when Grace Sutton is transferred from the prison where she is being held for murder. Most agree that the man she killed deserved to die, and Nurse Bowers sympathetically allows Grace's concerned husband Jed unlimited time with his wife. On the ward, the women have varied feelings about motherhood. Mrs. West, mother of six children, thinks babies are what give meaning to women's lives. In contrast, Florette, a showgirl, just wants to get rid of her twins as soon as possible. Miss Layton has decided opinions about child rearing and has no intention of being a doting mother. While the women debate their various theories, a woman who wants a baby so much that she has become demented wanders in from another ward. An Italian woman quietly sobs when she learns that her newborn has died. After a touching farewell with Jed, Grace, whose health has suffered from prison conditions, is taken into the labor room. While Jed waits anxiously, Florette is appalled by the plans that the prospective adoptive mother of her twins has concocted. She cradles one baby herself and discovers mother love. Miss Layton has also given up on her progressive plans for her baby. Down the hall, things are going badly for Grace. When the doctors ask Jed to choose between saving Grace or the baby, he chooses Grace, but she herself insists that the doctors operate and save the baby. After she dies, Jed refuses to see the baby girl, but wise Nurse Bowers places the child in his arms, and as with the mothers, he cannot resist her charms. Written by Daniel Williams See less

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29 cast members

Name	Known for
Loretta Young Grace Sutton Grace Sutton See fewer	The Stranger (1946)
Eric Linden Jed Sutton Jed Sutton See fewer	Gone with the Wind (1939)
Aline MacMahon Miss Bowers Miss Bowers See fewer	Kind Lady (1935)
Glenda Farrell Florette Florette See fewer	Girl Missing (1933)
Clara Blandick Mrs. West Mrs. West See fewer	The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Preston Foster Dr. Brett Dr. Brett See fewer	Kansas City Confidential (1952)
Frank McHugh Ringer Banks Ringer Banks See fewer	The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Walter Walker Dr. Tubby Dr. Tubby See fewer	The Count of Monte Cristo (1934)
Hale Hamilton Dr. Cramm Dr. Cramm See fewer	His Children's Children (1923)
Vivienne Osborne Mrs. McGilvary Mrs. McGilvary See fewer	Two Seconds (1932)
Dorothy Peterson A Patient A Patient See fewer	Saboteur (1942)
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Marjorie Campbell Baby (uncredited) Baby (uncredited) See fewer
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