Baby Face

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"Baby Face" is a 1933 pre-Code Hollywood drama film starring Barbara Stanwyck as an ambitious woman who uses her sexuality to climb the social and economic ladder.

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Baby Face canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf drama film
film
pre-Code film
basedOn story by Darryl F. Zanuck
blackAndWhite true
certificate pre-Production Code Administration
cinematographyBy James Van Trees
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Alfred E. Green
distributor Warner Bros. Pictures
surface form: Warner Bros.
era Pre-Code Hollywood
surface form: pre-Code Hollywood
filmEditingBy Howard Bretherton
genre drama film
pre-Code Hollywood film
hasAlternateVersion censored reissue version
uncut pre-Code version
hasTheme class mobility
sexual exploitation
social climbing
leadCharacter Lily Powers
mainCharacter Lily Powers
musicBy Harry Akst
Heinz Roemheld
notableFor being cited in discussions of the Production Code enforcement
frank depiction of female sexuality in pre-Code era
originalLanguage English
portrays a woman using her sexuality to advance socially and economically
producer Hal B. Wallis
Jack Warner
surface form: Jack L. Warner
productionCompany Warner Bros. Pictures
surface form: Warner Bros.
releaseDate 1933-07-01
releaseYear 1933
runtimeMinutes 71
screenwriter Gene Markey
Katherine Scola
surface form: Kathryn Scola
setInLocation New York City
Pennsylvania
starring Alphonse Ethier
Barbara Stanwyck
Donald Cook
George Brent
Henry Kolker NERFINISHED
John Wayne
Margaret Lindsay
studioSystemEra Hollywood Golden Age
surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood
title Baby Face self-link

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Barbara Stanwyck notableWork Baby Face
Pre-Code Hollywood notableFilm Baby Face
Alfred E. Green notableWork Baby Face
Baby Face title Baby Face self-link