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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- TriviaBased 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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This was a good drama with some above average acting for a TV movie in Canada. The story kept us interested. It hasn't aged superbly well but neither have other TV movies from the same era. Nicely done.
- gregberne11
- Dec 28, 2019
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