Watch: Baby Face 1933 123movies, Full Movie Online – Lilly (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.”.
Plot: A young woman uses her body and her sexuality to help her climb the social ladder, but soon begins to wonder if her new status will ever bring her happiness.
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Possible uncensored-version on DVD in 2006
An original uncensored print of this amazing film was discovered in 2004 in the Library of Congress, and has been shown in a few specialized theaters around the world in 2005. According to current reviews that I’ve found online, the original has all of the nastiest dialog and innuendos intact; they were later either removed or completely re-shot by the studio prior to initial release, in order to pass the New York state censors. I have also read that a DVD is “expected in 2006” and one can only hope! If we’re really luckily, it will include comparisons between the 2 versions. Note that the released censored version was originally available on Laserdisc, which I have seen. Stanwyck rules!
wowza! pre-code delight
I hand’t seen the restored, or any version for that matter, of “Baby Face” with Barbara Stanwyck till I caught it on TCM. What a great movie! In a nutshell Lily lives in a speakeasy, she’s been pimped out by her own Father since she was 14! Then his still blows up and he’s killed leaving Lily (Stanwyck) alone cept for her black maid Chico, played very nicely by Theresa Harris. Lily leaves for the big city ( New York) deciding to use her sex to get to the top. She does this in great style!She seduces a pudgy clerk to get in on the ground floor and proceeds to go through men like disposable candy! One dumps his fiancée and kills his near father-in-law, also Lily’s sugar-daddy, then commits suicide! Lily barely blinks! STanwyck is terrific as a girl who really doesn’t know what love is.
Then in Paris, she falls for Courtland, played by George Brent, they marry, but when he’s in deep financial straights, she bolts. Nearly free with Chico and a half-million, she realizes she loved Court! Lily races to find him, but will she be too late?
This is pre-code Hollywood at its best. Stanwyck is tremendous and the look and music in the film are perfect. This reminded me of “Original Sin” with Angelina Jolie, another unfairly ignored flick with an amoral woman, those who disliked that films ultra-romantic leanings, will not like Baby FAce any better, those with belief in sex, love and power, will love it. Highly recommended! See it!
Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 11 min (71 min), 1 hr 16 min (76 min) (restored), 1 hr 16 min (76 min) (uncut) (USA)
Budget 187000
Revenue 451000
Status Released
Rated Approved
Genre Drama, Romance
Director Alfred E. Green
Writer Gene Markey, Kathryn Scola, Darryl F. Zanuck
Actors Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Donald Cook
Country United States
Awards 1 nomination
Production Company N/A
Website N/A
Sound Mix Mono
Aspect Ratio 1.37 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory N/A
Film Length (8 reels)
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm