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The Black Stork, also known as Are You Fit To Marry?, is a 1917 American motion picture film both written by and starring Harry J. Haiselden, who was the chief surgeon at the German-American Hospital in Chicago. [1] The Black Stork is Haiselden's fictionalized account of his eugenic infanticide of John Bollinger, who was born with severe ...
Harry John Haiselden (March 16, 1870 – June 18, 1919) was an American physician and the Chief Surgeon at the German-American Hospital in Chicago, Illinois.Haiselden gained notoriety in 1915, when he refused to perform needed surgery for children born with severe birth defects and allowed the babies to die, in an act of eugenics.
Pages in category "Films about eugenics" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. ... The Black Stork; D. Dark Medicine; Dune (1984 film) Dune ...
The documentary begins with a clipping of a 1916 American movie that trumpets the creed of eugenics. In The Black Stork, the lead character, physician Harry Haiselden playing himself, refuses to give a newborn, mildly deformed baby a life-saving operation (or, instead, makes the operation fatal). 'There are times when saving a life is a greater ...
The Black Stork (1917) – drama film depicting a fictionalized account of his eugenic infanticide of the child John Bollinger [92] Cleopatra (1917) – silent historical drama film telling the story of Cleopatra [93]
From The United States vs. Billie Holiday to Bad Hair, keep reading for 17 of the best Black History Month movies you can stream on Hulu year-round. (FYI, if you're new to the streaming service ...
The Black Stork, a 1917 American silent film promoting eugenic practices, re-edited and re-released in 1927 under the title Are You Fit to Marry? Damaged Goods (1937 film) , a 1937 American film about sexually transmitted diseases, also known as Are You Fit to Marry?
The Genealogical Eugenic Institute Fund, a $2.4 million endowment, had been active at the college for decades. The University of California at Berkeley is halting a eugenics research program after ...