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Overview

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Director:
Writers:
Darryl F. Zanuck (story)
Gene Markey (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
1 July 1933 (USA) more
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Tagline:
She climbed the ladder of success - wrong by wrong!
Plot:
Lilly (Baby Face) sleeps her way from basement speakeasy bartender, literally floor by floor, to the top floor of a New York office building... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win more
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(3 articles)
Weekly DVD & Blu-Ray Chopping List 9/29/2009
 (From Fangoria. 26 September 2009, 10:56 PM, PDT)

The Art of Trash: An Interview with Viva filmmaker Anna Biller
 (From Fangoria. 22 February 2009, 12:18 AM, PST)

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This Film Has Been Restored by Library of Congress more (52 total)

Cast

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Barbara Stanwyck ... Lily Powers
George Brent ... Courtland Trenholm
Donald Cook ... Ned Stevens
Alphonse Ethier ... Adolf Cragg
Henry Kolker ... J.P. Carter
Margaret Lindsay ... Ann Carter
Arthur Hohl ... Ed Sipple

John Wayne ... Jimmy McCoy Jr.
Robert Barrat ... Nick Powers
Douglass Dumbrille ... Brody (as Douglas Dumbrille)
Theresa Harris ... Chico
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Walter Brennan ... (scenes deleted)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
71 min | 76 min (restored version)
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
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Certification:
Norway:16 (1933) | USA:TV-PG (TV rating)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
In the original 1933 sneak preview, Barbara Stanwyck's dialog in the opening sequence where she attacks her father for surrounding her with men since she was the age of 14 is intact, although it was actually cut from the release version. more
Goofs:
Miscellaneous: After Lily mentions to Courtland she would like to be a Mrs., there are two shots of newspapers announcing the wedding. The second shot is a close up of two paragraphs. The first paragraph misspells Courtland's name as "Courtney" and the word company as "comany." more
Quotes:
Lily Powers: Yeah, I'm a tramp, and who's to balme? My Father. A swell start you gave me. Ever since I was fourteen, what's it been? Nothing but men! Dirty rotten men! And you're lower than any of them. I'll hate you as long as I live! more
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16 out of 18 people found the following comment useful.
This Film Has Been Restored by Library of Congress, 11 July 2005
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Author: normanbott from Washington DC

The National Gallery of Art showed the long-thought lost original uncut version of this film on July 10, 2005. It restores vital scenes cut by censors upon its release. The character of the cobbler, a moral goody-goody individual in the original censored release of 1933 is here presented as a follower of the philosopher Nietsze and urges her to use men to claw her way to the top. Also, the corny ending of the original which I assume is in current VHS versions is eliminated and the ending is restored to its original form. A wonderful film of seduction and power. Hopefully, there will a reissue of this film on DVD for all to appreciate its great qualities. Look for it.

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