The Stork Pays Off

{{short description|1941 film directed by Lew Landers}}

{{Infobox film

| name = The Stork Pays Off

| image = The Stork Pays Off poster.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = Lew Landers

| producer = Jack Fier

| screenplay = Fanya Foss
Aleen Leslie

| starring = Victor Jory
Rochelle Hudson
Maxie Rosenbloom
Horace McMahon
George McKay
Ralf Harolde

| music = Morris Stoloff

| cinematography = L. William O'Connell

| editing = Gene Milford

| studio = Columbia Pictures

| distributor = Columbia Pictures

| released = {{Film date|1941|10|6}}

| runtime = 68 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget =

| gross =

}}

The Stork Pays Off is a 1941 American comedy film directed by Lew Landers and starring Victor Jory, Rochelle Hudson, Maxie Rosenbloom, Horace McMahon, George McKay and Ralf Harolde.Fetrow p.481 The screenplay was written by Fanya Foss and Aleen Leslie. The film was released on October 6, 1941, by Columbia Pictures.{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/91483/the-stork-pays-off |title=The Stork Pays Off (1941) - Overview |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |access-date=2019-05-20}}{{cite web|author=Sandra Brennan |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-stork-pays-off-v111808 |title=The Stork Pays Off (1941) - Lew Landers |publisher=AllMovie |access-date=2019-05-20}}{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/26942-THE-STORK-PAYS-OFF |title=The Stork Pays Off |publisher=Catalog.afi.com |access-date=2019-05-20}}

Plot

Gangster Deak Foster and his three henchmen, Brains Moran, Ears-to-the-Ground Hinkle and Photofinish Farris, take over what they think is a night club run by a rival, Stud Rocco, only to discover it is a nursery run by Irene Perry. All fall under the benign influence to the point where the three henchmen go to night school to be educated and Deak falls in love with Julie.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034234/plotsummary?ref_=tt_ov_pl|title = The Stork Pays off (1941) - IMDb|website = IMDb}}

==Cast==

References

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Bibliography

  • Fetrow, Alan G. Feature Films, 1940-1949: a United States Filmography. McFarland, 1994.