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Writer:
Tennessee Williams (screenplay)
Release Date:
18 December 1956 (USA)
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Tagline:
Her role is raw electricity! Her portrayal is a sensation! CARROLL BAKER more
Plot:
Steamy tale of two Southern rivals and a sensuous 19-year-old virgin. full summary | full synopsis
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Cotton Gin
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Cotton
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Sicilian
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Marriage
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Child Bride
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Awards:
Nominated for 4 Oscars.
Another 2 wins
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8 nominations
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(11 articles)
Karl Malden (1912 - 2009)
(From SoundOnSight. 4 July 2009, 8:57 AM, PDT)
Black Malden Moan: 'Baby Doll'
(From Huffington Post. 2 July 2009, 8:27 AM, PDT)
(From SoundOnSight. 4 July 2009, 8:57 AM, PDT)
Black Malden Moan: 'Baby Doll'
(From Huffington Post. 2 July 2009, 8:27 AM, PDT)
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We're definitely not in Kansas anymore!
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Karl Malden | ... | Archie Lee Meighan |
 | Carroll Baker | ... | Baby Doll Meighan |
 | Eli Wallach | ... | Silva Vacarro |
 | Mildred Dunnock | ... | Aunt Rose Comfort |
| Lonny Chapman | ... | Rock |
| Eades Hogue | ... | Town Marshal |
| Noah Williamson | ... | Deputy |
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114 min | Argentina:115 min
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USA:Approved (original rating) |
USA:Unrated (video rating) |
USA:R (re-rating 1969) |
Argentina:16 |
Finland:K-16 |
UK:X (original rating) |
UK:PG (video rating)
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The Legion of Decency, an organization of the Roman Catholic Church in the US, condemned the film as immoral, and despite the efforts of director Elia Kazan, were able to get it withdrawn from release.
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Continuity: After Silva bursts through the door in the attic, Baby Doll is shown running from him with her blanket wrapped around her. The instant before she falls on to the attic beam, she removes the blanket, and holds it in her left hand. In the very next shot, after she has fallen, the blanket is wrapped around her body once again.
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Featured in Indie Sex: Censored (2007) (TV)
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Shame, Shame, Shame
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The crumbling ruins of a deep south plantation, circa 1956. Karl Malden running through empty rooms, yelling "BayBee DOLLLLL!" The dementia-ridden elderly aunt forgetting to turn on the stove before cooking the greens. The old guys lounging around the yard, laughing and watching Malden's frenzied activities like it's must-see TV. Kooky gorgeous Baby Doll sucking her thumb, sleeping in her crib. And Eli Wallach: ah, what a specimen. He's intense, he's irresistible. He's relentlessly "handsy" like a high school boy on a date; he never, ever, for a moment, lets up. It's impossible to take your eyes off of him.
This movie is perplexing and wonderful, it really is more of a place and an atmosphere than a story. Twisted, and in a good way. The characters are as wild and inexplicable as any you've seen in a David Lynch movie. Your jaw will drop, you'll laugh out loud, and the whole weird place just gets better each time you watch it.