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Born to Be Bad is a 1934 American pre-Code drama film starring Loretta Young and Cary Grant, and directed by Lowell Sherman. This film was rejected by the Hays Office twice before it was finally approved. [2]
Born to Be Bad: Directed by Lowell Sherman, Jack Conway. With Loretta Young, Cary Grant, Jackie Kelk, Marion Burns. An immoral mother blackmails a wealthy businessman after he accidentally hits her delinquent son with his truck.
- (1.3K)
- Drama, Romance
- Lowell Sherman, Jack Conway
- 1934-05-18
An immoral mother blackmails a wealthy businessman after he accidentally hits her delinquent son with his truck.
- 62 min
- 1628
- Chzz77 Dacan
BORN TO BE BAD is Cary Grant's 15th film, his only one with Fox/United Artists and his first of two starring with Loretta Young, the other being THE BISHOP'S WIFE released 13 years later in 1947.
That includes seducing a married man, played by a heavily made-up Cary Grant, in an early role, who delivers the film's campiest line: "You're bad, bad, bad, bad. You're just a beautiful bad girl!" As much as Born to Be Bad got away with, there were indications of the crackdown that was to come.
- Lowell Sherman
- Loretta Young
Letty, a young woman who ended up pregnant, unmarried and on the streets at fifteen is bitter and determined that her child will not grow up to be taken advantage of. Letty teaches her child to lie, steal, cheat and anything else he'll need to be street smart.
Apr 30, 2022 · When her eight year-old son Mickey (Jackie Kelk) is hit by a milk truck while playing truant from school, Letta loses custody in court and Mickey winds up in the care of the truck’s owner: wealthy businessman Mal Trevor (Cary Grant).
