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Forbidden

Name: Forbidden
Director: Frank Capra
Released: 1932-01-01

1932 film by Frank Capra

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Released: 1932
Director: Frank Capra
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2.filmaffinity.com/en/film962161.htmlRetrieved 2016-04-14
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Screenwriter: Jo Swerling
, Fannie Hurst
, Frank Capra
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Producer: Harry Cohn
, Frank Capra
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck
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, Adolphe Menjou
, Ralph Bellamy
, Charles Middleton
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Runtime: 83 min
Genre: drama film
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1.imdb.com/title/tt0022905/Retrieved 2016-04-14
2.filmaffinity.com/en/film962161.htmlRetrieved 2016-04-14
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, romance film
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2.filmaffinity.com/en/film962161.htmlRetrieved 2016-04-14
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Country of origin: United States

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Forbidden is a 1932 American pre-Code melodrama film directed by Frank Capra and starring Barbara Stanwyck, Adolphe Menjou, and Ralph Bellamy. An original story inspired by the 1931 novel Back Street by Fannie Hurst, with a screenplay by Jo Swerling, the film is about a young librarian who falls in love with a married man while on a sea cruise. The film's copyright was registered in 1932 and renewed in 1959. It will enter the American public domain on January 1, 2028.

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Based on: Back Street
Director of photography: Joseph Walker
Title: Forbidden
Movement: Pre-Code Hollywood
After a work by: Fannie Hurst
Color: black-and-white
Set in environment: cruise ship
Costume designer: Edward Stevenson
Film editor: Maurice Wright
Has characteristic: film based on a novel

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