{"id":81399,"date":"2022-02-20T17:17:07","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T00:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=81399"},"modified":"2022-02-22T09:24:16","modified_gmt":"2022-02-22T16:24:16","slug":"baby-doll-1956","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=81399","title":{"rendered":"Baby Doll (1956)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I&#8221;m always glad to know something when there&#8217;s something to know.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Poster-193x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-81400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Poster-193x300.png 193w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Poster-657x1024.png 657w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Poster-82x128.png 82w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Poster-173x270.png 173w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Poster.png 713w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 193px) 100vw, 193px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nIn the Deep South, lecherous cotton gin owner Archie Lee (Karl Malden) lusts after his young wife &#8220;Baby Doll&#8221; (Carroll Baker), who he&#8217;s not &#8220;allowed&#8221; to sleep with until she turns 20 and he can provide her with a fitting lifestyle. Meanwhile, after his business is burnt down, local Sicilian gin operator Silva Vicarro (Eli Wallach) comes to visit Archie Lee&#8217;s home and uses his wiles to seduce Baby Doll into confessing what she knows about the arson.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Black Comedy<\/li>\n<li>Carroll Baker Films<\/li>\n<li>Deep South<\/li>\n<li>Eli Wallach Films<\/li>\n<li>Elia Kazan Films<\/li>\n<li>Karl Malden Films<\/li>\n<li>Marital Problems<\/li>\n<li>May-December Romance<\/li>\n<li>Mildred Dunnock Films<\/li>\n<li>Play Adaptations<\/li>\n<li>Rip Torn Films<\/li>\n<li>Tennessee Williams Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary\u2019s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary points out that this &#8220;&#8216;white trash&#8217; comedy by Elia Kazan, who adapted two Tennessee Williams plays,&#8221; is &#8220;meant to convey how Williams visualized the New South, where chivalry, honor, and hospitality (the &#8216;Good Neighbor Policy&#8217;) have been replaced by depravity and decadence, men coveting what their neighbors have (money, work, or women), and &#8216;carpetbagging&#8217; outsiders\/foreigners taking over work and stealing women &#8212; just as during the Reconstruction.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Triangle.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Triangle-1024x767.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"479\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-81407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Triangle-1024x767.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Triangle-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Triangle-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Triangle-768x575.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Triangle-360x270.png 360w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Triangle.png 1243w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He writes that &#8220;dumb, bigoted, middle-aged cotton-gin owner Archie Lee (Karl Malden has problems,&#8221; and describes what happens after &#8220;Archie secretly burns down Vicarro&#8217;s mill&#8221; and Vicarro &#8220;comes to Archie&#8217;s house when he&#8217;s not home and proceeds to seduce Baby Doll, who doesn&#8217;t put up much resistance.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Baker-Wallach3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Baker-Wallach3-1024x769.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"481\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-81404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Baker-Wallach3-1024x769.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Baker-Wallach3-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Baker-Wallach3-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Baker-Wallach3-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Baker-Wallach3-360x270.png 360w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Baker-Wallach3.png 1251w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Peary notes that &#8220;Vicarro&#8217;s expressions and movements will at times remind you of a sneaky fox&#8221; who is &#8220;too clever for the naive Baby Doll, one of many Williams heroines who are betrayed by men supposedly befriending them.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>He further adds that &#8220;the unknown Baker became a sex symbol as a result of this film,&#8221; given &#8220;she never is seen wearing less than a slip&#8221; and &#8220;lies in a crib and sucks her thumb.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Sleeping.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Sleeping-1024x731.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"457\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-81405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Sleeping-1024x731.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Sleeping-300x214.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Sleeping-128x91.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Sleeping-768x549.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Sleeping-378x270.png 378w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Sleeping.png 1281w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To that end, &#8220;Cardinal Spellman and the Legion of Decency condemned this film when it was released&#8221; &#8212; and &#8220;surely those who criticized it on moral grounds didn&#8217;t think the scene in which Vicarro rubs the merrily squirming Baker&#8217;s tummy with his foot was in good taste.&#8221; However, Peary points out that &#8220;it&#8217;s a perfect example of how Kazan uses sex in an intentionally ludicrous manner, making it a key element in what is much like an absurdist play;&#8221; he adds that &#8220;Williams believed that Kazan could have played up the humor even more.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Malden-Peeping.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Malden-Peeping-1024x762.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"476\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-81412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Malden-Peeping-1024x762.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Malden-Peeping-300x223.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Malden-Peeping-128x95.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Malden-Peeping-768x572.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Malden-Peeping-363x270.png 363w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Malden-Peeping.png 1243w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Peary notes that the film co-stars Mildred Dunnock as Aunt Rose Comfort: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Dunnock.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Dunnock-1024x749.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"468\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-81403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Dunnock-1024x749.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Dunnock-300x219.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Dunnock-128x94.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Dunnock-768x561.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Dunnock-369x270.png 369w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Dunnock.png 1249w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; but he doesn&#8217;t mention a notable cameo with Rip Torn as a smiling dentist who enjoys flirting with Baker: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Torn.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Torn-1024x767.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"479\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-81402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Torn-1024x767.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Torn-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Torn-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Torn-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Torn-360x270.png 360w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Torn.png 1245w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While this movie isn&#8217;t a personal favorite &#8212; I&#8217;m not a fan of films about young women being used as pawns by men &#8212; it remains noteworthy for its erstwhile notoriety and for Baker&#8217;s breakthrough performance, and should be seen at least once by film fanatics. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Carroll Baker as Baby Doll<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Baker.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Baker-1024x764.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"478\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-81410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Baker-1024x764.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Baker-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Baker-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Baker-768x573.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Baker-362x270.png 362w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Baker.png 1245w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Eli Wallach as Silva<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Wallach2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Wallach2-1024x761.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"476\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-81408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Wallach2-1024x761.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Wallach2-300x223.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Wallach2-128x95.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Wallach2-768x571.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Wallach2-363x270.png 363w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Wallach2.png 1247w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Boris Kaufman&#8217;s cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Baker3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Baker3-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-81409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Baker3-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Baker3-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Baker3-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Baker3-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Baker3-360x270.png 360w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Baker3.png 1247w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Cinematography-Kitchen.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Cinematography-Kitchen-1024x765.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"478\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-81411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Cinematography-Kitchen-1024x765.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Cinematography-Kitchen-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Cinematography-Kitchen-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Cinematography-Kitchen-768x574.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Cinematography-Kitchen-361x270.png 361w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Baby-Doll-Cinematography-Kitchen.png 1251w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, for its historical notoriety, and Baker&#8217;s performance. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Historically Relevant<\/li>\n<li>Important Director<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0048973\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s1980baby.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/movies\/baby-doll\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.filmsite.org\/baby.html\">FilmSite Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1956\/12\/19\/archives\/screen-streetcar-on-tobacco-road-williamskazan-baby-doll-is-at.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/67860\/baby-doll#articles-reviews?articleId=60084\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I&#8221;m always glad to know something when there&#8217;s something to know.&#8221; Synopsis: In the Deep South, lecherous cotton gin owner Archie Lee (Karl Malden) lusts after his young wife &#8220;Baby Doll&#8221; (Carroll Baker), who he&#8217;s not &#8220;allowed&#8221; to sleep with until she turns 20 and he can provide her with a fitting lifestyle. 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