Stork Bites Man

Stork Bites Man is a 1947 American comedy film directed by Cy Endfield.^[1] it was the last of five short features from Comet Productions, a company owned by Mary Pickford, her husband Charles "Buddy" Rogers and former Columbia executive Ralph Cohn.^[2]

Stork Bites Man
Original theatrical poster
Directed by	Cy Endfield
Screenplay by	Cy Endfield
Produced by	Ralph Cohn Mary Pickford Charles 'Buddy' Rogers
Starring	Jackie Cooper
Cinematography	Vincent J. Farrar Robert Pittack
Edited by	Lynn Harrison
Music by	Raoul Kraushaar
Production company	Comet Productions
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date	June 21, 1947 (1947-06-21)
Running time	67 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

Ernie, an apartment manager gets fired and evicted when his boss, who hates kids, learns that Ernie's wife is pregnant. Taking advice from a mysterious, invisible stork, Ernie organizes an apartment workers' strike, which eventually forces his boss to soften up.^[3]

Cast

• Jackie Cooper as Ernest (Ernie) C. Brown
• Meg Randall as Peg Brown (as Gene Roberts)
• Emory Parnell as Alan Kimberly
• Gus Schilling as Hubert Butterfield
• Sarah Selby as Mrs. Greene
• Scott Elliott as Jerry
• Marjorie Beckett as Mabel (as Marjory Beckett)
• Ralph Peters as Morgan
• Dave Willock as Lester
• Stanley Prager as Voice of the Invisible Stork

Critical reception

• TV Guide called the film an "innocuous comedy".^[3]
• Allmovie called the film "only fitfully funny, 'Stork Bites Man' is brightened by the presence of veteran burlesque comedian Gus Schilling, making a meal of his role as a nursery-supply peddler."^[2]