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Baby Face
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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Baby Face, a 1933 Warner Bros. drama directed by Alfred E. Green, is one of the sleazier pre-Code films.It stars Barbara Stanwyck as Lily Powers, a young woman with more than her share of hard knocks. A speakeasy waitress in Erie, Pennsylvania, Lily divides her time between fighting off the advances of the customers and turning tricks at the behest of her widowed father/pimp, a bootlegger. She seems to look forward only to visits from Mr. Cragg, a Nietzsche-quoting cobbler who exhorts her to "use men, not let them use you!"After her father dies in a still explosion, Lily finally heeds Cragg's advice. She and Chico, her black friend/maid, run off to New York City, where Lily proceeds to sleep her way up to the top of a bank, eventually becoming a kept woman. Hearts are broken, etc., etc.The film was adapted from an original story by future 20th Century Fox mogul Darryl F. Zanuck (writing as "Mark Canfield"). A young John Wayne, years before he became a star, appears here as one of Lily's pathetic rejects.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })Not to be confused with professional wrestlers who get cheered by fans. or the similarly-named R&B singer/producer | |
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Dropped link to Bowdlerize: Not a Feature - UNKNOWN | |
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Deceased Parents Are the Best | |
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Deceased Parents Are the Best: Lily's mother is dead before the movie starts, while her father is killed by an exploding still. | |
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Everybody Smokes | |
| Baby Face / int_71105dfc | comment |
Everybody Smokes: Well, it was the 1930s, what do you expect? | |
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Bungled Suicide | |
| Baby Face / int_72e1bd14 | comment |
Bungled Suicide: Courtland tries to kill himself after Lily refuses to help him. | |
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Abusive Parents | |
| Baby Face / int_b11ac9f5 | comment |
Abusive Parents: Well, Lily's father isn't shown beating her, but apparently he's been pimping her out since she was a teenager, so he probably qualifies. | |
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| Baby Face / int_c868a42a | type |
Freudian Excuse | |
| Baby Face / int_c868a42a | comment |
Freudian Excuse: "Yeah, I'm a tramp, and who's to blame! My father! Ever since I was 14, what's it been? Nothing but men! Dirty, rotten men! And you're lower than any of them!" | |
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Calling the Old Man Out | |
| Baby Face / int_e52a0409 | comment |
Calling the Old Man Out: See Freudian Excuse below | |
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The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.
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Sleeping Their Way to the Top / int_db6fb5cd | |
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Video Credits / int_db6fb5cd |
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