Mom and Dad is a 1945 American film directed by William Beaudine and marketed by Kroger Babb. It has been called the first exploitation film. 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... William Beaudine (January 15, 1892 - March 18, 1970) was an American film director. ... Kroger Babb (born December 30, 1906 in Lees Creek, Ohio, USA, died January 28, 1980 was an American film producer and travelling salesman in the medicine show tradition; best remembered for Mom and Dad (1945), an early exploitation film. ... Exploitation is the name given to genre of films, extant since the earliest days of moviemaking, but popularized in the 1970s. ...