Baby Face (1933)

75 min · Drama, drama film, romance film

Popularity4.5/5

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2025-09 to 2026-08

Directors

Alfred E. Green

Cast

Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Donald Cook, Alphonse Ethier, Henry Kolker, Margaret Lindsay, Arthur Hohl, John Wayne, Robert Barrat, Douglass Dumbrille, Theresa Harris

The story

thumb|left|upright=1.2|Barbara Stanwyck Baby Face publicity still Lily Powers, a young woman, works for her father, Nick, in a speakeasy in Erie, Pennsylvania, during Prohibition. Nick has been prostituting her to his customers since she was 14 years old. An influential politician threatens to have the speakeasy shut down after Lily refuses to have sex with him.

Catalogue themes and tags

1920s, 1929, 20th Century, Act of Deception, Aggression, Alcohol, Ban, Bank, Bank employee, Biker Kneipe, Black People, Blamage, Broke, Callgirl, Coal, Committee, Credit Crunch, Cruise, Cunning, Cynicism, Daughter, Ehrgeiz, Ermordung, Europe, Fiancé, Fiancée, Forbidden, France, Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, Friendship, Greed, Großstadt, Hochzeit, Jeweler, Kellner, Laden, Lover, Lovestory, Magd, Maneater, Milieu, New Year's Eve, New York, North America, Paris, Pistole, Pittsburgh, Prohibition, Promiscuity, Prospector, Prostitute, Rifle, Satire, Selbstmord, Ship, Suicide Attempt, Underage Prostitute, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Verführung, Verhältnis, Waffen, Weihnachten, Woman Seduces Man, verlieben, verlobung, Melodrama, Black-and-white, Drama, Pre-Code, Romance Film, Film noir

Genres

Drama, drama film, romance film

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