Hygienic Productions was a film production company based out of Wilmington, Ohio

Wilmington, Ohio

Wilmington is a city in and the county seat of Clinton County, Ohio, United States. The population was 12,520 at the 2010 census. At city entrances from state routes, county roads, and U.S. highways, the city slogan of "We Honor Our Champions" is seen, accompanied by signs that highlight various...

. Formed by exploitation film

Exploitation film

Exploitation film is a type of film that is promoted by "exploiting" often lurid subject matter. The term "exploitation" is common in film marketing, used for all types of films to mean promotion or advertising. These films then need something to exploit, such as a big star, special effects, sex,...

 producer Kroger Babb

Kroger Babb

Howard W. "Kroger" Babb was an American film and television producer and showman. His marketing techniques were similar to a travelling salesman's, with roots in the medicine-show tradition...

, the company was in charge of promotion and production for a number of Babb's films, including the infamous Mom and Dad

Mom and Dad

Mom and Dad is a feature-length 1945 film directed by William Beaudine, and largely produced by the exploitation filmmaker and presenter Kroger Babb. Mom and Dad is considered the most successful film within its genre of "sex hygiene" films...

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Later, following the success of Mom and Dad, Babb would rename the company to a more general name, Hallmark Productions, and later, the "Hallmark Big-6." They would continue presenting the sexual education and medical-style films, but expand to more genres, including drug message films such as "She Shoulda Said 'No'!" and shock films like Karamoja

Karamoja (film)

Karamoja was a 1954 film produced by exploitation filmmaker Kroger Babb. A documentary of a native tribe from Uganda, the film was marketed by Babb to focus on the imagery that would be shocking to an American audience, including advertising which claimed that the tribe wore "only the wind and...

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