A pre-Code classic starring Barbara Stanwyck at the precise moment she became what we think of as "Barbara Stanwyck"—a tough, sexy dame who took what she wanted and took nothing off nobody never.Be sure to look for a young John Wayne playing one of Stanwyck's stepping stones on the way to the top.
From the TCM website:
9:00am [Drama] Baby Face (1933)
A beautiful schemer sleeps her way to the top of a banking empire.
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Donald Cook, Alphonse Ethier Dir: Alfred E. Green BW-76 mins
A beautiful schemer sleeps her way to the top of a banking empire.
ReplyDeleteHey, that worked for me too!
You mean this kid?
ReplyDeleteBarbara Stanwyck was one tuff lady.
ReplyDeleteoh Barbara - not the livestock
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