Forbidden
6.9
“Her Greatest Dramatic Role !”
On a cruise to Cuba, Lulu Smith falls in love with Bob Grover. Back home, she breaks off the romance when he tells her he is married. Lulu has a baby but doesn't tell Bob, who turns out to be a rising politician. She passes herself off as the baby's nanny. When Bob learns what is going on, he adopts the little girl, not telling his wife or anyone else where she came from. Lulu gets a job at a newspaper. Things get complicated when the editor gets the dirt on Bob, but also wants to marry Lulu.
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Cast
8 people
Barbara Stanwyck
Lulu Smith
Known for
Double Indemnity
The Lady Eve
Adolphe Menjou
Robert Grover
Known for
Paths of Glory
The Front Page
Ralph Bellamy
Al Holland
Known for
Pretty Woman
Trading Places
Dorothy Peterson
Helen Grover
Known for
The Woman in the Window
Saboteur
Thomas Jefferson
Wilkinson
Also in
The Grim Game
Tarzan of the Apes
Myrna Fresholt
Roberta - Baby
No other roles listed
Charlotte Henry
Roberta - Age 18
Known for
Alice in Wonderland
Babes in Toyland
Oliver Eckhardt
Briggs
Also in
Golf Widows
The Cowboy and the Kid
Frank Capra Director · Jo Swerling Screenplay Joseph Walker Cinematographer
United States release January 8, 1932 · Produced in United States
Production
Columbia Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · January 8, 1932
Theatrical
Italy
November 30, 1932 · Theatrical
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