Review of Baby Face (1933) by Allan C — 08 Dec 2013
Barbara Stanwyck sleeps her day to the top, going from a speakeasy and boxcar to the top executives of a NYC bank in this dirty pre-production code film. This is probably the most overtly sexual film I've seen from the pre-code period of Hollywood.
The version I saw was the original 76 minute version that was discovered in 2004 and even more boundary pushing than the original 71 minute release. John Wayne even has a bit part as an office worker, which is a kick.
Darryl F. Zanuck was even on of the writers on this film. In terms of filmmaking, it's not a brilliant story, but the film contains a lot of novelty that makes it a whole lot of fun. Stanwyck is particularly delicious in such a conniving role.
A great film for fans of this sort of pre-code Hollywood stuff!
This review of Baby Face (1933) was written by Allan C on 08 Dec 2013.
Baby Face has generally received very positive reviews.
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