Butterbox Babies

1995
1h 34m

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A couple operates a shady maternity home in 1930s/1940s Nova Scotia. Based on a true story.A couple operates a shady maternity home in 1930s/1940s Nova Scotia. Based on a true story.A couple operates a shady maternity home in 1930s/1940s Nova Scotia. Based on a true story.

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6.4/10

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- 2 wins & 2 nominations

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Based on the true story of The Ideal Maternity Home (IMH). The IMH began as a home, for local couples and a discreet place for unwed mothers, both groups could find maternity care, there. The homeboperated from 1928 until 1947 by William Peach Young and his wife Lila Gladys Young; William was a chiropractor and Lila was a midwife, who also billed herself as an obstetrician. The home, through several attempts by the government, was eventually forced to shut down.

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7/10

Interesting

Interesting Canadian b-movie about the true story of a woman and her husband, in the 1930's in Nova Scotia, in charge of a cheap country house where she helps young unmarried teenage girls to have their babies. Although she says she's working in the name of god, the woman is in fact a cruel butcher making money selling the babies to rich American families. This is well done with a low budget. Acting is just good, but the subject is interesting.