Alfred E. Green, Jack Conway, James Whale (regi)
Forbidden Hollywood Collection volum 1
(USA 1932, 232 min)
Baby Face - 1933 - Director Alfred E. Green
Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Donald Cook, Alphonse Ethier, Henry Kolker,Margaret Lindsay, Arthur Hohl, John Wayne
Lilly (Baby Face) sleeps her way from basement speakeasy bartender, literally floor by floor, to the top floor of a New York office building. Bank submanager Jimmy McCoy finds her a job in the bank only to be cast aside as she hooks up with the bank's president. When he complains of not seeing her she says: "I'm working so hard I have to go to bed early every night."
Waterloo Bridge - 1931 - Director James Whale
Roy Wetherby, a Canadian Solider in London on furlough, falls in love with Myra, unaware that she is a prostitute. She accepts his proposal of marriage just prior to his being shipped to the front. They visit his uncle, mother and sister for a weekend in the country. Myra realizes she cannot escape her past and, after Roy leaves, tells his mother about herself. Back in London she is killed in an air raid.
Red-Headed Woman - 1932 - Director Jack Conway
Lil works for the Legendre Company and causes Bill to divorce Irene and marry her. She has an affair with businessman Gaerste and uses him to force society to pay attention to her. She has another affair with the chauffeur Albert.