Baby Doll (1956) | |
| Director(s) | Elia Kazan |
| Producer(s) | Elia Kazan |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Drama, Film Adaptation |
| Top Topics | Based on Play, Revenge |
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Baby Doll (1956) was a Drama - Comedy Film directed by Elia Kazan and produced by Elia Kazan.
SYNOPSIS
Still controversial, this adaptation (by the playwright) of a Tennessee Williams play caused an outrage upon its release. From this vantage point, Kazan's claustrophobic depiction of the sweaty competition between a dim cotton-mill owner and his business rival for the attention of the mill owner's simpering child bride is less shocking than harrowing.
(Source: available at Amazon AMC Classic Movie Companion).
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Academy Awards 1956 --- Ceremony Number 29 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Actress | Carroll Baker | Nominated |
| Best Supporting Actress | Mildred Dunnock | Nominated |
| Best Cinematography | Boris Kaufman | Nominated |
| Best Writing | Tennessee Williams | Nominated |
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Breaking the Code: Baby Doll (1956) Article
By Google profile on Nov 25, 2007 From Out of the Past - A Classic Film BlogAbout MeBlogger, Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog and more. Please add my Google profile to your circles. Here is my entry in the booklet for Elia Kazan's Baby Doll. This one was by far the easiest to write.Broken Code: Impure love must not be presented in such a way to arouse passion or morbi... Read full article
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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?
Baby Doll: Yeah, but this isn't fun.
[laughs breathlessly and smiles]
Silva Vacarro: Then why do you giggle?
Baby Doll: [after being told to make him comfortable] Ain't nobody comfortable in that house. Lucky if you can find a chair to sit down on. You want coffee?
Silva Vacarro: No, just a nice cool drink of water.
Baby Doll: Oh, well the house water runs warm. But if you've got the energy to run that old pump over there you can get yourself a nice cool drink from that there cistern.
Silva Vacarro: I've got energy to burn.
Archie Lee Meighan: Is that what they call a Mona Lisa smile you got on your puss?
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Facts about
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".
Feature film debuts of Eli Wallach and Rip Torn.
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