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Overview

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Director:
Alfred E. Green
Writers:
Darryl F. Zanuck (story)
Gene Markey (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
1 July 1933 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
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
NewsDesk:
(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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Cast

  (Complete credited cast)

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)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Norway:16 (1933) | USA:TV-PG (TV rating)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Ship scene features same set used in "Three on a Match" a year earlier. 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
Movie Connections:
Featured in Indie Sex: Censored (2007) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
St. Louis Blues more

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Stanwyck Sizzles, 2 April 2002
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Author: Ron Oliver (revilorest@juno.com) from Forest Ranch, CA



Arriving by boxcar in New York City, the shrewd young woman with the BABY FACE begins to methodically canoodle her way to the top floors of power in a great bank.

Barbara Stanwyck is fascinating as the amoral heroine of this influential pre-Code drama. Without a shred of decency or regret, she coolly manipulates the removal or destruction of the men unlucky enough to find themselves in her way. A wonderful actress, Stanwyck has full opportunity here to display her ample talents.

Appearing quite late in the story, George Brent is a welcome addition as the one fellow possibly able to handle Stanwyck; his sophisticated style of acting makes a nice counterpoint to her icy demeanor. Douglas Dumbrille, Donald Cook & Henry Kolker portray a succession of her unfortunate victims.

John Wayne appears for just a few scant seconds as an unsuccessful suitor for Stanwyck's affections. This would be the only time these two performers appeared together on screen.

Movie mavens should recognize Nat Pendleton as a speakeasy customer, and Charles Sellon & Edward Van Sloan as bank executives - all unbilled.

The music heard on the soundtrack throughout the film, perfectly punctuating the plot, is ‘Baby Face' (1926) by Benny Davis & Harry Akst and ‘St. Louis Blues' (1914) by W.C. Handy.

BABY FACE is a prime example of pre-Code naughtiness. In its frank & unapologetic dealing with sex, it is precisely the kind of film which the implementation of the Production Code in 1934 was meant to eliminate.

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