Baby Doll
- Year: 1956
- Country of origin: USA
- Genre: Comedy, Drama
- Director: Elia Kazan
- Length: 114 min
She’s nineteen. She makes her husband keep away – she won’t let the stranger go.
Film Synopsis
Baby Doll (1956) follows a struggling Mississippi cotton gin owner who plots to reclaim his failing fortunes by seducing the childlike bride of a rival businessman. As simmering resentments and sexual tensions escalate within a decaying Southern household, manipulation and humiliation erode fragile loyalties. This Southern gothic drama blends dark comedy and erotic provocation in a sultry study of greed, desire, and moral decay.
Baby Doll Blu-ray & DVD editions
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Edition and Packaging Notes
- Warner’s “Archive Collection” Blu-ray is also available in the “Tennessee Williams Collection” box set with A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) and Sweet Bird of Youth (1962).
- Warner’s DVD is also available in the “Tennessee Williams Film Collection” box set with A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961), Sweet Bird of Youth (1962), The Night of the Iguana (1964) and Tennessee Williams’ South (1973), and in the “TCM Greatest Classic Films Collection: Tennessee Williams” box set with The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961), Sweet Bird of Youth (1962) and The Night of the Iguana (1964).
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