Baby Doll (1956) Synopsis

Director Elia Kazan's 1956 take on Tennessee Williams' ribald tale of a Mississippi child bride and the two men who lust after her was scandalous in its time, and is still steamy today. Times are tough for cotton-miller Archie (Karl Malden) but at least he has his child bride (Carroll Baker), who'll soon be his wife in title and truth. The one-year agreement keeping them under the same roof, yet never in the same bed, is about to end. But a game with a sly business rival (Eli Wallach) is about to begin. In Baby Doll, as in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), director Elia Kazan and writer Tennessee Williams broke new ground in depicting sexual situations--earning condemnation by the then-powerful Legion of Decency. They also earned laurels: four Academy Award nominations, Golden Globe Awards for Baker and Kazan, and a British Academy Award for Wallach. Watch this steamy classic that still sizzles.

Director Elia Kazan's 1956 take on Tennessee Williams' ribald tale of a Mississippi child bride and the two men who lust after her was scandalous in its time, and is still steamy today. Times are tough for cotton-miller Archie (Karl Malden) but at least he has his child bride (Carroll Baker), who'll soon be his wife in title and truth. The one-year agreement keeping them under the same roof, yet never in the same bed, is about to end. But a game with a sly business rival (Eli Wallach) is about to begin. In Baby Doll, as in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), director Elia Kazan and writer Tennessee Williams broke new ground in depicting sexual situations--earning condemnation by the then-powerful Legion of Decency. They also earned laurels: four Academy Award nominations, Golden Globe Awards for Baker and Kazan, and a British Academy Award for Wallach. Watch this steamy classic that still sizzles.

Published Time: 2020-07-30 16:21:27