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Baby Face is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Alfred E. Green for Warner Bros., starring Barbara Stanwyck as Lily Powers, and featuring George Brent. Based on a story by Darryl F. Zanuck (under the pseudonym Mark Canfield), Baby Face portrays an attractive young woman who uses sex to advance her social and financial status.
Baby Face is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Alfred E. Green for Warner Bros., starring Barbara Stanwyck as Lily Powers, and featuring George Brent.
Lily (Baby Face) sleeps her way from basement speakeasy bartender, literally floor by floor, to the top floor of a New York office building. Bank sub-manager Jimmy McCoy finds her a job in the bank only to be cast aside as she hooks up with the bank's president.
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Jul 24, 2023 · ‘Baby Face’ (1933): Full Plot Summary. Baby Face opens in a rust belt prohibition-era tavern. Lily Powers (Barbara Stanwyck) comes home to find her father, Nick Powers, berating their diminutive maid, Chico. Lily speaks up on her behalf, telling him if Chico goes, she goes too.
- Alfred E. Green
Perhaps the most notorious pre-Code Hollywood film, Baby Face features Barbara Stanwyck as Lily Powers, a working-class woman who uses men and sex in exchange for material gain during the height of the Depression.
Overview. A young woman uses her body and her sexuality to help her climb the social ladder, but soon begins to wonder if her new status will ever bring her happiness. Alfred E. Green. Director. Gene Markey. Screenplay. Kathryn Scola. Screenplay. Darryl F. Zanuck. Story.
