Baby Face (1933)
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- Approved
- 1h 11min
- Drama, Romance
- 17 Nov 1933 (France)
- Movie
A young woman, sexually exploited all her life, decides to turn the tables and exploit the hapless men at a big city bank by gleefully seducing her way to the top.
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Cast verified as complete
Barbara Stanwyck | ... |
Lily Powers
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George Brent | ... |
Courtland Trenholm
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Donald Cook | ... |
Ned Stevens
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Alphonse Ethier | ... |
Adolf Cragg
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Henry Kolker | ... |
J.R. Carter
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Margaret Lindsay | ... |
Ann Carter
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Arthur Hohl | ... |
Ed Sipple
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John Wayne | ... |
Jimmy McCoy Jr.
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Robert Barrat | ... |
Nick Powers
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Douglass Dumbrille | ... |
Brody
(as Douglas Dumbrille)
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Theresa Harris | ... |
Chico
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Joan Barclay | ... |
Job Seeker (uncredited)
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James Bush | ... |
Paris Bank Clerk (uncredited)
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Charles Coleman | ... |
Hodges (uncredited)
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Heinie Conklin | ... |
Speakeasy Waiter (uncredited)
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Jack Curtis | ... |
Speakeasy Customer (uncredited)
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Frank Darien | ... |
Paris Bank Agent (uncredited)
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Arthur De Kuh | ... |
Lutza (uncredited)
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John Elliott | ... |
Bank Director (uncredited)
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Harry Forsman | ... |
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
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Harry Gribbon | ... |
Doorman (uncredited)
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Grace Hayle | ... |
Mrs. Hemingway (uncredited)
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Maynard Holmes | ... |
Pratt - Personnel Office (uncredited)
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Edward LeSaint | ... |
Bank Director (uncredited)
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Reginald Mason | ... |
Gault - Bank Director (uncredited)
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James Murray | ... |
Brakeman (uncredited)
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Spec O'Donnell | ... |
Office Boy (uncredited)
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Henry Otho | ... |
Laborer (uncredited)
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Nat Pendleton | ... |
Stolvich - Laborer (uncredited)
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Donna Mae Roberts | ... |
Office Worker (uncredited)
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Matty Roubert | ... |
Newsboy (uncredited)
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Cliff Saum | ... |
Laborer (uncredited)
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Charles Sellon | ... |
Vanderlure - Bank Director (uncredited)
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Harry Semels | ... |
Speakeasy Drunk (uncredited)
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Harry Tenbrook | ... |
Laborer (uncredited)
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Edward Van Sloan | ... |
Jameson - Bank Director (uncredited)
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Jacques Vanaire | ... |
Paris Bank Clerk (uncredited)
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Sailor Vincent | ... |
Laborer (uncredited)
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Renee Whitney | ... |
Office Worker (uncredited)
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Josephine Whittell | ... |
(uncredited)
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Harry Wilson | ... |
Laborer (uncredited)
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Toby Wing | ... |
Office Worker (uncredited)
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Dick Winslow | ... |
Office Boy (uncredited)
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Directed by
Alfred E. Green |
Written by
Gene Markey | ... | (screen play) & |
Kathryn Scola | ... | (screen play) |
Darryl F. Zanuck | ... | (story) (as Mark Canfield) |
Produced by
Raymond Griffith | ... | producer (uncredited) |
William LeBaron | ... | producer |
Cinematography by
James Van Trees | ... | (photography) |
Editing by
Howard Bretherton | ... | (edited by) |
Casting By
Maxwell Arnow | ... | (uncredited) |
Art Direction by
Anton Grot |
Costume Design by
Orry-Kelly | ... | (gowns) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Fred Fox | ... | assistant director (uncredited) |
Sound Department
Oliver S. Garretson | ... | sound (uncredited) |
Camera and Electrical Department
Buddy Longworth | ... | still photographer (uncredited) |
Casting Department
William Forsyth | ... | casting assistant (uncredited) |
William Maybery | ... | casting assistant (uncredited) |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Eugene Joseff | ... | costume jeweller (uncredited) |
Music Department
Leo F. Forbstein | ... | conductor: Vitaphone Orchestra |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Warner Bros. (1933) (United States) (theatrical) (as Warner Bros. Pictures Inc.) (presents)
- Vitagraph Limited (1933) (Canada) (theatrical)
- Warner Brothers Pictures (1933) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Tobis-Topoly (1933) (France) (theatrical)
- Warner Brothers First National Films (1934) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Warner Brothers First National Films (1934) (Norway) (theatrical)
- Warner Bros. (1934) (Finland) (theatrical)
- Associated Artists Productions (AAP) (1956) (United States) (tv)
- United Artists Television (1958) (United States) (tv)
- MGM/UA Entertainment Company (1982) (United States) (tv)
- Turner Entertainment (1986) (United States) (tv)
- MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1990) (United States) (VHS) (Included in the "Forbidden Hollywood" series)
- MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1995) (United States) (VHS)
- Warner Home Video (2006) (United States) (DVD)
- Yleisradio (YLE) (2008) (Finland) (tv)
- Warner Bros. (2019) (France) (theatrical) (re-release) (restored version)
- Warner Bros. First National Films (1934) (Belgium) (theatrical)
- The Criterion Channel (2023) (United States) (tv) (streaming)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Turner Entertainment (VHS package design)
- Vitaphone Orchestra (orchestra)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
Lily (Baby Face) sleeps her way from basement speakeasy bartender, literally floor by floor, to the top floor of a New York office building. Bank sub-manager Jimmy McCoy finds her a job in the bank only to be cast aside as she hooks up with the bank's president. When he complains of not seeing her she says: "I'm working so hard I have to go to bed early every night."
Written by Ed Stephan |
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Taglines | She had "IT" and made "IT" pay! See more » |
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Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Box Office
Budget | $187,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
Trivia | In 2004, when Michael Mashon, a curator of the motion picture division at the Library of Congress, received a request for a print of this film, he discovered two negatives of the film: the original camera negative and a "duplicate negative" that was longer. The duplicate negative was the pre-release (uncensored) version of the film that was submitted to the New York State censorship board in 1933 for approval. The uncensored version received its public premiere at the London Film Festival in November 2004, more than 70 years after it was made. The existence of these negatives allows pristine quality prints to be made as compared to other surviving films of that era. See more » |
Goofs | When Lily reads from Nietzsche's book, Thoughts Out Of Season, the page that's highlighted repeats the same paragraph above, and again below, the highlighted lines. See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in The Love Goddesses (1965). See more » |
Soundtracks | Baby Face See more » |
Quotes |
Nick Powers:
You little tramp, you! Lily Powers: Yeah, I'm a tramp, and who's to blame? 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! See more » |