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Just let me go, cuz that's all I'm askin' for.

Those lips that Love's own hand did make.

But these three cubic feet of bone and blood and m.

Colour me your colour, darling, I know who you are.

Just a kiss, just a kiss, I have lived just for this.

You know we've got to find a way to bring back lov.

Take a look at yourself and you can look at others.

Locking the lip-sync on a rocket to red hot love p.

Let me put you in the magic position, darling.

I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all.

This movie is just SCREAMING to be adapted for Broadway. We got nothin' to do but wait for tomorrow and see if we're remembered or forgotten. Vaccaro: You've got many refinements.Īrchie Lee Meighan: Is that what they call a Mona Lisa smile you got on your puss?īaby Doll: Well, let's go in now. Vacarro, but I wouldn't dream of eatin' a nut that a man had cracked in his mouth. Rested and cool.īaby Doll: Excuse me, Mr. And keep in mind that I’m a big queer.īaby Doll: I feel cool and rested fuh the fuhst time in mah life. I don’t know if it’s the chemistry or the camera angles, but I had a hang-your-hat-on boner after it.

Vaccaro that manages to be all kinds of steamy without showing a bit of flesh and no dirty talkin’. There’s an extended seduction scene between Baby Doll and Mr. It seems tame by today’s standards, but don’t think that means it isn’t sexy. When it was released, it was immediately condemned by the Catholic church, which limited its box office, but does nothing to limit its enduring appeal. Again, how did I miss this? This is the story of Baby Doll Meighan (Baby Doll!) (Carol Baker), a 19 year old virgin bride who sucks her thumb and sleeps in a crib (no, not like “her crib”.an actual crib!).and the rivalry that develops between her husband, Archie Lee (Karl Malden), a down on his luck cotton ginner, and the powerful syndicate owner Silva Vaccaro (Eli Wallach) who is putting him out of business. This movie, with a screenplay by Tennessee Williams (adapted from two of his one act plays) and directed by Elia Kazan, was released in 1956, and is a campy sex farce full of priceless dialogue that just begs for GAY ICON status.

Have y’all seen Baby Doll? If you haven’t, you’re in for a treat. On the one hand, I can’t believe I’ve never seen it before, and on the other hand, it's one of my favorite things in this life to discover a sparkling gem that's been waiting patiently for me all along. I think I have a new favorite movie, people.