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The Black Stork

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The Black Stork	comment	The Black Stork is a 1917 pro-eugenics film based on a story by Jack Lait and directed by Leopold and Theodore Wharton. The only surviving viewable print is of the 1927 re-release Are You Fit to Marry?Claude Leffingwell (Hamilton Revelle) and Anne Smith (Elsie Esmond) marry against the advice of the eugenicist Dr. Horace L. Dickey (Dr. Harry J. Haiselden), who warns that Claude is genetically unfit. Sure enough, their child (Henry Bergman) is born severely deformed and will require major surgery to save his life. Dickey recommends against the surgery, saying that it would only prolong the child's misery. That night, Anne dreams about the surgery to save her child and the tragic life he will lead.
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The Black Stork / int_14908436	comment	Never Given a Name: Seems likely for Leffingwell Jr., who is never referred to as anything other than "the Leffingwell child" or just "he."
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The Black Stork / int_1616e13	type	Ripped from the Headlines
The Black Stork / int_1616e13	comment	Ripped from the Headlines: In 1915, Harry Haiselden was involved in a major controversy because he convinced the parents of a syphilitic infant, John Bollinger, to let him die instead of sending him into surgery. The Chicago Medical Society later expelled him over his continued pro-eugenics speeches and promotion of The Black Stork.
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The Black Stork / int_1e1afc1b	type	Framing Device
The Black Stork / int_1e1afc1b	comment	Framing Device: Genetics expert Robert Worth explains to his daughter Alice's suitor Jack Gayson why he must submit to a thorough physical examination before he will be allowed to marry Alice, first by giving him a tour of some institutions, then by telling him the sad story of his old friend Claude.
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The Black Stork / int_32c082ae	type	Bury Your Disabled
The Black Stork / int_32c082ae	comment	Bury Your Disabled: The film's main Aesop is that it's better to let disabled infants die than save them, since they will only live unhappy lives. Harry J. Haiselden (who plays the film's physician, who's based on himself) did exactly that, leaving a baby boy with birth defects to die after persuading the boy's parents it was the best thing. After he had been acquitted by a jury, Haiselden launched a massive public campaign in defense of his action, the film being one part, and it got disturbingly high support.
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The Black Stork / int_37d2818	type	Title In
The Black Stork / int_37d2818	comment	Title In: "One Year Later," when the Leffingwells' friends Tom and Miriam Watson celebrate the birth of their normal, healthy child.
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The Black Stork / int_41271766	type	Happily Ever After
The Black Stork / int_41271766	comment	Happily Ever After: Jack passes his medical examination and rushes to Alice to tell her the good news. Alice says, "And we'll be happy ever after."
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The Black Stork / int_49d3b595	type	Cradle of Loneliness
The Black Stork / int_49d3b595	comment	Cradle of Loneliness: After Leffingwell Jr. leaves home, his mother sleeps holding a pair of his old crutches.
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The Black Stork / int_64ebbed6	type	Appeal to Nature
The Black Stork / int_64ebbed6	comment	Appeal to Nature: Dickey argues that God made Leffingwell Jr. defective, and God intended for him to die.
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The Black Stork / int_97aaa7f3	type	In the Blood
The Black Stork / int_97aaa7f3	comment	In the Blood: Claude himself is perfectly normal, except for a "blood taint" from his grandfather's affair with an impure servant. As a result, his child is born hopelessly defective.
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The Black Stork / int_b1346878	type	Fate Worse than Death
The Black Stork / int_b1346878	comment	Fate Worse than Death: Footage of the defectives who inhabit mental institutions is shown, with normal characters lamenting their existence and wishing they could be freed from the "sentence" of their lives.
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The Black Stork / int_c75df49a	type	Shout-Out
The Black Stork / int_c75df49a	comment	Shout-Out: Leffingwell Jr. shows his mother a copy of The Ugly Duckling, apparently relating to the title character.
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The Black Stork / int_cc5c18b6	type	Iris Out
The Black Stork / int_cc5c18b6	comment	Iris Out: Iris in and out are both used often as scene transitions.
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The Black Stork / int_f3626b09	type	Mercy Kill
The Black Stork / int_f3626b09	comment	Mercy Kill: The film advocates putting defectives out of their misery as soon as legally possible.
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