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Baby Doll (1956)
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Steamy tale of two Southern rivals and a sensuous 19-year-old virgin. Director:Elia Kazan |
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Nominated for 4 Oscars.
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| Karl Malden | ... | ||
| Carroll Baker | ... | ||
| Eli Wallach | ... | ||
| Mildred Dunnock | ... | ||
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Lonny Chapman | ... | |
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Eades Hogue | ... |
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Noah Williamson | ... |
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Living in Tiger Tail County, Mississippi, middle aged Archie Lee Meighan and nineteen year old "Baby Doll" Meighan née McCargo have been married for close to two years. Their marriage is not based on love, but each getting what they want from the other. Their marriage agreement has them consummating their marriage on her twentieth birthday, which is in three days, the act to which Baby Doll is not really looking forward. But she does taunt him and other men with her overt "baby doll" sexuality, the baby doll aspect which she fosters by sleeping in their house's nursery in a crib. Baby Doll's now deceased father allowed the marriage on the stipulation that Archie Lee provide Baby Doll financial security as displayed by the most resplendent house in the south. They currently live in a dilapidated mansion with her Aunt Rose Comfort, and although Archie Lee is making some renovations on it... Written by Huggo
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Her role is raw electricity! Her portrayal is a sensation! CARROLL BAKER See more »Genres:
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Archie Lee Meighan: If your daddy turned in his grave as often as you say he'd turn in his grave, that old man would plow up the graveyard.
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Tennessee Williams's first choice for the title role of Baby Doll was Marilyn Monroe, (who was straining to improve herself as an actress at the time and wanted the role badly), although Elia Kazan preferred newcomer Carroll Baker, whose work he was familiar with from the Actors' Studio in New York. See more »Goofs
Continuity: As Baby descends the stairs, the blanket changes from on shoulder to off. See more »Quotes
Baby Doll: I don't want to be in the same room with a man that would make me live in a house with no furniture! My daddy would turn over in his grave if he knew, he would just turn over in his grave.Archie Lee Meighan: If your daddy turned in his grave as often as you say he'd turn in his grave, that old man would plow up the graveyard.
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