Baby Face (1933)

Taste of Cinema's Essential Pre-Code Hollywood (30 movies items)

"This Barbara Stanwyck vehicle follows the story of a young vixen, Lily Powers, who decides to leave home after years of being forced by her own father to “entertain” the loathsome clientele of his bar. When Lily gets to New York City, she deliberately uses her feminine charms to get ahead at the banking firm she finds work at. In 70 minutes, we see the amoral protagonist literally sleep her way to the top without any remorse. The plot of, what many call, the ultimate Pre-Code, clearly refle"

Film Diary 2022 (114 movies items)

"8.3 For sex cannot be admitted to a mere equality among elementary emotions or experiences like eating or sleeping. The moment sex ceases to be a servant it becomes a tyrant.- G.K. Chesterton --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I suppose I was expecting more from this film, like my newfound fixation on Montgomery Clift, Barbara Stanwyck is the reason I watched this one, plus the scene shots I’ve seen. I suppose the main problem is character "

Film Journal 2019 (225 movies items)

"I need to see so many more pre-code movies that have characters who are super into the teachings of Nietzsche thanks to old German dudes pestering them until they read Thus Spoke Zarathustra or some shit and then the reader as in Barbara Stanwyck realizes how crap men are and decides they all deserve to be crushed under her heel until they just murder one another. "