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1956
Baby Doll is a 1956 American black comedy film directed by Elia Kazan and starring Carroll Baker, Karl Malden and Eli Wallach. It was produced by Kazan and Tennessee Williams, and adapted by Williams from two of his own one-act plays: 27 Wagons Full of Cotton and The Unsatisfactory Supper. The plot focuses on a feud between two rival cotton gin owners in rural Mississippi.
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Certain films earn their place in cinema history primarily by exemplifying how societal norms can evolve over time and what is considered acceptable on the silver screen. Such films can attain this significant reputation even when created by esteemed and highly respected directors. One such director was Elia Kazan, whose 1956 drama *Baby Doll* emerged as one of the most controversial films of 1950s Hollywood. The sc…More
