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Hand That Rocks the Cradle

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1917
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Synopsis: Here, director Lois Weber -- with the help of her partner and husband, Phillips Smalley -- tackles one of her favorite subjects, birth control. This was quite a controversial subject during the 1910s, as proved by the trials and tribulations of birth control proponent Margaret Sanger; in fact, this picture takes quite a bit from Sanger's life story. Mrs. Broome (Weber) is under surveillance by the police because of her efforts to educate women about birth control. Eventually she is arrested, but ... Full Synopsis
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