---
title: 'The Black Stork (1917)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Leopold Wharton'
released: '1917-01-01'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-black-stork-1917'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0160056/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Black Stork (1917)

1917 · United States


## Synopsis

The Black Stork, also known as Are You Fit To Marry?, is a 1916 American eugenic propaganda feature film promoting the star's real-life practice of eugenic infanticide and especially the controversy surrounding the death of Allan J. Bollinger. The film's title references the belief that black storks kill their unhealthy hatchlings.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Leopold Wharton](https://cinepixo.com/people/leopold-wharton)

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