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A librarian takes a cruise and falls for an unobtainable man, a district attorney married to an invalid.A librarian takes a cruise and falls for an unobtainable man, a district attorney married to an invalid.A librarian takes a cruise and falls for an unobtainable man, a district attorney married to an invalid.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
Charlotte Henry
- Roberta - Age 18
- (as Charlotte V. Henry)
Henry Armetta
- Emile
- (uncredited)
Jessie Arnold
- Nurse
- (uncredited)
Wilson Benge
- Grover's Butler
- (uncredited)
Roger Byrne
- Office Boy
- (uncredited)
Nora Cecil
- Chambermaid on Phone
- (uncredited)
Jack Chefe
- Havana Gambling House Waiter
- (uncredited)
Lynn Compton
- Halloween Child
- (uncredited)
Larry Dolan
- Halloween Child
- (uncredited)
Bill Elliott
- Reporter
- (uncredited)
Mary Jo Ellis
- Roberta - Age 12
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaWhile filming the horse-riding scene on the beach, Barbara Stanwyck's horse was frightened by the movie lights, reared, threw the star off, and then kicked her on the way down. Stanwyck suffered a dislodged tail-bone, an injury which, though it didn't hold up production, did cause the actress discomfort for the rest of her life.
- GoofsThe film begins in the present day, i.e. 1932. There is no attempt at period decor in any way; the automobiles, music, and clothing styles are all contemporary; twenty or thirty years pass by. The principals live out their lives, grow old, and die. Yet their surrounding environment never changes; it is still 1932.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Frank Capra's American Dream (1997)
- SoundtracksCupid's Holiday
(uncredited)
Music by Irving Bibo
Lyrics by Pete Fylling
Played at the nightclub and sung by an unidentified male trio
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Great early Capra with Stanwyck and Menjou
Stanwyck and Menjou are on top form here, a real pleasure to watch, and the camera-work is exquisite; the story/pacing is weak in places but you won't mind this much (perhaps hardly notice) unless you're immune to the former. The film depicts, over a period of about 20 years, a complex clandestine love-relationship between the two leads, leaving some space for individual interpretation - not at all like most films made under the appalling thirty year tyranny of the Hayes code introduced a couple of years later. Forbidden is a serious, thought-provoking and often very moving film, with careful, 'arty' composition and psychologically-loaded lingering shots, but it also contains moments of melodrama (not in bad way) and humour (laugh-out-loud but quirky, not slapstick). Highly recommended, along with Capra/Stanwyck's The Bitter Tea of General Yen, made the following year. I give it a 7 - reluctantly, in my effort to be objective with regards to the story. I watched it on the big screen and I 'felt' it as an 8.
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- Manton29
- Nov 4, 2010
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- Runtime1 hour 25 minutes
- Color
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