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Tennessee Williams (screenplay)
Release Date:
18 December 1956 (USA)
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Tagline:
Her role is raw electricity! Her portrayal is a sensation! CARROLL BAKER more
Plot:
Steamy tale of two Southern rivals and a sensuous 19-year-old virgin. full summary | full synopsis
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Cotton Gin
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Cotton
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Sicilian
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Marriage
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Child Bride
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Awards:
Nominated for 4 Oscars.
Another 2 wins
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8 nominations
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(11 articles)
Karl Malden (1912 - 2009)
(From SoundOnSight. 4 July 2009, 8:57 AM, PDT)
Black Malden Moan: 'Baby Doll'
(From Huffington Post. 2 July 2009, 8:27 AM, PDT)
(From SoundOnSight. 4 July 2009, 8:57 AM, PDT)
Black Malden Moan: 'Baby Doll'
(From Huffington Post. 2 July 2009, 8:27 AM, PDT)
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Eli Wallach shines
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Karl Malden | ... | Archie Lee Meighan |
 | Carroll Baker | ... | Baby Doll Meighan |
 | Eli Wallach | ... | Silva Vacarro |
 | Mildred Dunnock | ... | Aunt Rose Comfort |
| Lonny Chapman | ... | Rock |
| Eades Hogue | ... | Town Marshal |
| Noah Williamson | ... | Deputy |
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114 min | Argentina:115 min
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USA:Approved (original rating) |
USA:Unrated (video rating) |
USA:R (re-rating 1969) |
Argentina:16 |
Finland:K-16 |
UK:X (original rating) |
UK:PG (video rating)
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Tennessee Williams's screenplay for "Baby Doll" is based on two of his one-act plays, "Twenty-seven Wagons Full of Cotton" and "The Unsatisfactory Supper".
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Continuity: After Silva bursts through the door in the attic, Baby Doll is shown running from him with her blanket wrapped around her. The instant before she falls on to the attic beam, she removes the blanket, and holds it in her left hand. In the very next shot, after she has fallen, the blanket is wrapped around her body once again.
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Baby Doll:
I don't want to be in the same room with a man that would make me live in a house with no furniture! My daddy would turn over in his grave if he knew, he would just turn over in his grave.
Archie Lee Meighan: If your daddy turned in his grave as often as you say he'd turn in his grave, that old man would plow up the graveyard.
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Archie Lee Meighan: If your daddy turned in his grave as often as you say he'd turn in his grave, that old man would plow up the graveyard.
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Referenced in Dream for an Insomniac (1996)
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Shame, Shame, Shame
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I've seen quite a few films in my life, but none such as this. Elia Kazan's quirky, off-the-wall romp about revenge and justice in 1950's Mississippi is truly remarkable. The first time I saw this movie I didn't know how to take it; I turned on my TV one day right at the scene where Eli Wallach and Carroll Baker are upstairs playing hide and seek... It seemed disturbing, but something about it held my interest.
A second viewing of this film was powerful. Karl Malden is right on the money as the loud-mouthed, frustrated, alcoholic husband; Carroll Baker, brilliant (and stunning) as Baby Doll; but I have to say, Eli Wallach SHINES as Silva Vacarro. He is so smooth, calculated, and mesmerizing as the one who "does his own justice". Hard to believe he didn't win an Oscar for his performance.
It is worth noting Kazan's use of the extras in this film (most of whom are African-American). Often you'll see a man or two in the background or off to the side, observing the story as it unfolds; they are the silent and wise observers to the craziness around them. Like the scene where Karl Malden is yelling "Babeee Dolllll!!!!" from his car, and the men just sit there and watch him--you wonder what they're thinking.
A superb film! The dining room scene at the end is choice.