Teenage Mother
Teenage Mother (also known as The Hygiene Story) is a 1967 American exploitation film directed by Jerry Gross and starring Arlene Sue Farber.[1] It is about teenage pregnancy, hygiene and a graphic actualization of birth. It was billed as "The film that dares to explain what most parents can't."[1] It marked Fred Willard's film debut.
| Teenage Mother | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Jerry Gross |
| Produced by | Jerry Gross |
| Written by | Nicholas Demetroles Jerry Gross |
| Starring | Arlene Sue Farber Julia Angel Howard Lee May |
| Music by | Steve Karmen |
| Cinematography | Richard E. Brooks |
| Distributed by | Cinematic Industries, Inc. |
Release date | January 1967 |
Running time | 78 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Reception
An author likened the film to a grindhouse edition of the 2007 film Juno.[2][3]
In a brief interview on the DVD extras of the 2007 documentary film Heckler, Willard reported the audience at one screening of the film booed after his character interrupted an attempted sexual assault.
External links
References
- The Rochester Sentinel. 20 September 1968. p. 2 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-ihjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=93MNAAAAIBAJ&pg=6471%2C3154567. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - "Juno, The Grindhouse edition". filmschoolrejects.com.
- "Teenage Graffiti and Teenage mother plot". DVDbeaver.com.
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