---
title: 'A Child Is Born (1939)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Lloyd Bacon'
released: '1939-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 79
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/a-child-is-born-1939'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032333/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# A Child Is Born (1939)

1939 · 79 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

A Child Is Born is a 1939 American drama film directed by Lloyd Bacon and written by Robert Rossen. The film stars Geraldine Fitzgerald, Jeffrey Lynn, Gladys George, Gale Page, Spring Byington, and Johnnie Davis. The film was released by Warner Bros. Pictures on December 7, 1939. It was a remake of the 1932 film Life Begins starring Loretta Young. A further remake Love Story was made in Italy in 1942.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Lloyd Bacon](https://cinepixo.com/people/lloyd-bacon)
- **Screenplay:** [Robert Rossen](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-rossen)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Heinz Eric Roemheld](https://cinepixo.com/people/heinz-eric-roemheld)
- **Producer:** [Samuel Bischoff](https://cinepixo.com/people/samuel-bischoff)
- **Director of Photography:** [Charles Rosher](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-rosher)
- **Editor:** [Jack Killifer](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-killifer)

## Cast

- [George Irving](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-irving)
- [Spring Byington](https://cinepixo.com/people/spring-byington)
- [Edgar Dearing](https://cinepixo.com/people/edgar-dearing)
- [George O'Hanlon](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-o-hanlon)
- [Fay Helm](https://cinepixo.com/people/fay-helm)
- [John Litel](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-litel)
- [Nanette Fabray](https://cinepixo.com/people/nanette-fabray)
- [Sidney Bracey](https://cinepixo.com/people/sidney-bracey)
- [Dorothy Adams](https://cinepixo.com/people/dorothy-adams)
- [Gladys George](https://cinepixo.com/people/gladys-george)
- [Eve Arden](https://cinepixo.com/people/eve-arden)
- [Hobart Cavanaugh](https://cinepixo.com/people/hobart-cavanaugh)
- [Johnnie Davis](https://cinepixo.com/people/johnnie-davis)
- [Winifred Harris](https://cinepixo.com/people/winifred-harris)
- [Geraldine Fitzgerald](https://cinepixo.com/people/geraldine-fitzgerald)

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