Today we begin a three-part look into the history of Antiseptic Films.
Call us different. Call us audacious.
We commence with the second part of the Antiseptic Films story.
Part I to follow next month.
In our second look at the history of Antiseptic Films, we delve into the interesting fad of Birth of a Baby films.
Hard as it is now to believe, but birth of a baby films was popular fodder for roadshow attractions for decades. They provided cheap thrills under the guise of education and raked in the cash.
As the years rolled on, crowds became fickle and demanded more bang for their buck. Seeing the birth of just one baby became old hat, quickly. The roadshowmen had to raise the ante or parish. . .
Antiseptic Films had to take it up a notch . . . and they did.
The crowds came in droves to witness the spectacle. Antiseptic made money hand over fist.
Interview with Theodore Plumb President of Antiseptic Films -
from the October 1972 issue of Popular Deformities magazine
Was it a real pinhead baby?
Yes. It was the real McCoy.
How in the hell did you find the birth of a pinhead footage?
My cousin Frank was one of those people who "always knew a guy." If you needed a plumber. . . He knew a guy. If you needed a mechanic. . . He knew a guy.
But a pinhead baby?
He knew a guy. A doctor actually. This doctor was secretly filming the births.
Why was this doctor secretly filming the births?
I never asked. . . The really interesting tidbit from that movie was that baby pinhead grew up to be a well-respected congressman.
Antiseptic double-billed it with THE TOWN PUMP, which was a retitling of THE SHAME OF CINDY, which was a retitling of STORY OF A SMALL TOWN GIRL (1951). The story follows Cindy, an all-American High school girl, who meets and falls in love with, Jim, an all-American High school boy, and after a few dates including a trip to Lover's Lane, Cindy becomes pregnant and gives birth to an all-American bundle of misery . . . I mean joy.
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