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Release Date:
18 December 1956 (USA)
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Tagline:
Her role is raw electricity! Her portrayal is a sensation! CARROLL BAKER
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Awards:
Nominated for 4 Oscars.
Another 2 wins
&
8 nominations
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Crew verified as complete
Additional Details
Runtime:
114 min | Argentina:115 min
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Trivia:
Tennessee Williams's first choice for the title role of Baby Doll was
Marilyn Monroe, (who was straining to improve herself as an actress at the time and wanted the role badly), although
Elia Kazan preferred newcomer
Carroll Baker, whose work he was familiar with from the Actors' Studio in New York.
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Goofs:
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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Quotes:
Baby Doll:
[
Silva caresses her neck] Don't touch me please, I don't like to be touched.
Silva Vacarro:
Then why do you smile?
Baby Doll:
Because you make me feel kind of hysterical Mr. Vacarro.
Silva Vacarro:
[
knowing smile] I do?
Baby Doll:
[
starts to get up] I think I'll go make us some lemonade.
[
he holds her back]
Baby Doll:
What did you do that for?
Silva Vacarro:
I don't want to be deprived of the pleasure of your company. Not yet.
Baby Doll:
Mr. Vacarro you certainly are getting familiar.
Silva Vacarro:
Don't you have any fun loving spirit about you?
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Soundtrack:
Shame, Shame, Shame
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Warner Brothers initially took a huge gamble with this 1956 release. Some elements of its storyline were considered way too suggestive for films at the time (there was still no rating system yet) but the studio went ahead and released it anyway. What resulted was a huge box office hit and a star maker for Carroll Baker who has the title role of the child bride of a sometimes dense cotton gin operator (Karl Malden). Malden is a rival to another cotton gin operator (Eli Wallach) and his torching of Wallach's cotton gin inspires Wallach to get back at Malden by having a steamy love affair with Baker. Rip Torn made his film debut here with a small part. Film reunites director Elia Kazan and screenwriter/playwright Tennessee Williams who had previously collaborated on the box office smash "A Streetcar Named Desire." This film is also an interesting early example of what may have eventually inspired Hollywood's film rating system.