Forbidden
1932 · Movie · NR · 85 min · ★ 6.5 · 69% critics
A lonely small-town woman spends her savings on a cruise and begins a romance that turns complicated once she learns the man is unavailable. Back home, love, motherhood, social pressure, and a ruthless newspaper editor pull her into a long, emotional struggle between private happiness and public scandal.
Based on Back Street
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Details
- Years
- 1932
- Release date
- 1932-01-08
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 85 min
- Critic score
- 69/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 (38 votes)
About
You might like this if you enjoy heartfelt pre-Code melodramas about forbidden love, sacrifice, and scandal, especially if Ladies of Leisure or The Miracle Woman appeal to you; Not for you if you dislike old-fashioned, highly soapy stories.
Pros: moving central romance; strong lead performances; juicy melodrama | Cons: far-fetched plot turns; uneven pacing; very soapy tone
Themes
- cuba
- cruise
- pre-code
Cast & crew
Barbara Stanwyck
as Lulu Smith
Adolphe Menjou
as Robert Grover
Ralph Bellamy
as Al Holland
Dorothy Peterson
as Helen Grover
Thomas Jefferson
as Wilkinson
- MF
Myrna Fresholt
as Roberta - Baby
Charlotte Henry
as Roberta - Age 18
Oliver Eckhardt
as Briggs
Directed by Frank Capra