MovieMadness Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 Looks like it was boycotted and shut out of the theaters for the most part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredCDobbs Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 No, this film was a big hit, and it started the Baby Doll pajama fad among teenage girls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MovieMadness Posted February 1, 2011 Author Share Posted February 1, 2011 You're right, it also started a whole new line of baby cribs for adults. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredCDobbs Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 I remember that movie poster was a sensation: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValentineXavier Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 > {quote:title=MovieMadness wrote:}{quote} > You're right, it also started a whole new line of baby cribs for adults. Almost made thumb-sucking sexy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyGeetar Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 Geez, I feel kinda' guilty, but I just gots to warn you: _It's not very good_ I'm sorry, they've shown it numerous times over the last couple of years, I caught it in entirety once, and tried to make it thru again, because I want to like it, and Carol Baker is great and so is Mildred Dunnock, and I like most of Kazan's stuff, but this thing, oy! You have been warned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValentineXavier Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 I agree. When it first came out, it was kind of daring and sexy. Now, it's kind of lame. Carol's still nice to look at, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MovieProfessor Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 Sometimes I've wondered what would had happened had Marlon Brando and Marilyn Monroe accepted the lead roles? Most likely, it would have been a very different film or the original script changed. I've never been able to figure out which of the two males leads Marlon would have played? My guess is Marlon as "Vacarro" and Karl remaining in the role as the arsonist of the gin mill. Of course, Marilyn's role would have been easy enough to figure on. No matter how big a star she was at the time, everybody knew she would have been simply too old for the role and I doubt if she could have pulled it off as a teenage bride. Carroll was fine in the role; almost perfect. Especially, when Carroll received an Academy Award nomination for her efforts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ascotrudgeracer Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 1) The film had the same eerie look to the exterior scenes and I think I've figured it out: just as no lens filters were used outdoors to make the clouds pop out (as in "High Noon") making the sky look drab and lifeless, that's what I see by Kazan here. 2) It proves out one inarguable fact: Karl Malden NEVER gave a bad performance. Edited by: Ascotrudgeracer on Feb 1, 2011 3:12 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annelovestcm Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 big waste of time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redriver Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 It's not very good You're a master of the understatement. If you want to watch people staring at each other, talking about a lot of intellectual nonsense, this is the movie. If you want to see Carrol Baker in a nightie...well, okay. It's not completely without appeal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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