Mom and Dad (1945)
January 3, 1945Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
June Carlson
Joan Blake
Lois Austin
Sarah Blake
George Eldredge
Dan Blake
Jimmy Clark
Dave Blake
Hardie Albright
Carl Blackburn
Willa Pearl Curtis
Junella
Bob Lowell
Jack Griffith
Jimmy Zahner
Allen Curtis
Jane Isbell
Mary Lou Gardner
Robert Filmer
McMann
Forrest Taylor
Dr. John D. Ashley
John Hamilton
Dr. Burnell
Virginia Vane
Virginia Van
Kaye Renard
Nightclub Singer
Elliot Forbes
Lecturer (live on stage during intermissions)
Wheeler Oakman
Bourbon Drinker on Train
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Mom and Dad is a 1945 American sexploitation film directed by William Beaudine, and largely produced by the exploitation film maker and presenter Kroger Babb. Mom and Dad is considered the most successful film within its genre of "sex hygiene" films. Although it faced numerous legal challenges and was condemned by the National Legion of Decency, it became one of the highest-grossing films of the 1940s.
The film is regarded as an exploitation film as it was repackaged controversial content designed to establish an educational value that might circumvent U.S. censorship laws. Babb's marketing of his film incorporated old-style medicine show techniques, and used unique promotions to build an audience. These formed a template for his later works, which were imitated by his contemporary filmmakers. In 2005, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The Academy Film Archive preserved Mom and Dad in 2010.