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    Baby Doll

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    An Elia Kazan film in B + W that was so controversial in its day that it was, apparently, banned by the Catholic Church. Even as of 2015, as I am viewing all of Elia Kazan's films, I can see very clearly the furour BABY DOLL would have generated back in in the 1956 to '57 period. Carole Baker is the young, sexual lass and Karl Malden and Eli Walach are the older gentlemen with connections to Baby doll. The whole character of the sexual kitten reminded me very much of the Marilyn Monroe style. Perhaps her life and persona were used as the inspiration for the film. In any case, the entire situation of a very young woman in a provocative and sexual relationship with an older man was tantamount to murder in the 1950's. Despite all this, Baby Doll, as are all Kazan films, is great film making despite the subject matter, a film that really must be viewed. Seeing Baby Doll in 2015, it didn't even cross my head as to what all the fuss was about considering what happens sexually in today's society, but 50 years ago this was as taboo as it all comes. WOW! Only 50 years have passed since the film, but our world has leaped forward in such amazing degrees in such a short period of time that older folk really have to be wondering if this is still the planet Earth!

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    pietroantoni@  13.6.2015 age: 36-49 14,540 reviews

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