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Dominican Rep. Baby Doll
- Original title
- Baby Doll
- Year
- 1956
- Running time
- 115 min.
- Country
United States- Director
- Screenwriter
- Tennessee Williams. Theater: Tennessee Williams
- Cast
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Carroll Baker
Karl Malden
Eli Wallach
Mildred Dunnock
Lonny Chapman- Eades Hogue
Rip Torn
Madeleine Thornton-Sherwood- See all credits
- Music
- Cinematography
Boris Kaufman (B&W)- Producer
- Genre
- Drama. Romance | Southern Gothic
- Movie Groups
- Tennessee Williams Adaptations
- Synopsis
- Baby Doll Meighan is a pretty, vacuous Southern 'white trash' gal who at 17 still sleeps in a crib and sucks her thumb. She has been married for two years to ineffectual, bigoted Archie Lee. The couple have not yet consummated their marriage because Archie Lee promised Baby Doll's dying father that he would not touch his daughter until she said she was "ready for marriage." He is frustrated by this strain and obliged to peek at his squirmy half-dressed child-bride through a hole in her bedroom wall. Archie Lee is further humiliated ind incensed by a flashy Sicilian business rival who has recently managed to force Archie Lee's decrepit cotton gin out of business.
- Awards
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1956: Oscar: 4 Nom., included Actress (Baker), Supp. Actress (Dunnock), Screenplay1956: Golden Globes: Best Director & Most Prom. Newcomer Female (Baker). 5 Nom.1956: BAFTA Awards: Most Promising Newcomer (Eli Wallach). 4 Nominations1956: New York Film Critics Circle: Nominated for Best Director1956: Writers Guild of America (WGA): Nom. for Best Drama Screenplay
- Critics' reviews
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"One of Elia Kazan's most underrated movies"
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