Frank Capra is probably best known to contemporary cinephiles for "It Happened One Night" and "It's a Wonderful Life". One of his lesser known movies is 1932's "Forbidden". Barbara Stanwyck plays an office worker who goes on a cruise and meets a suave dude (Adolphe Menjou), and they strike up a relationship. However, things take an awkward turn.
Made as it was before the infamous Hays Code, this movie has one scene in particular that seems like it would've been risque even for the pre-code era. Apparently the movie couldn't get re-released under the code because the subject matter got considered "immoral". As always, this obsession with "morality" suppresses art.
Anyway, it's not a great movie, but worth seeing for the pre-code material and for Capra's unique style (in particular how he frames the scenes). Also starring is Ralph Bellamy, who later played one of the Duke brothers in John Landis's "Trading Places".
Made as it was before the infamous Hays Code, this movie has one scene in particular that seems like it would've been risque even for the pre-code era. Apparently the movie couldn't get re-released under the code because the subject matter got considered "immoral". As always, this obsession with "morality" suppresses art.
Anyway, it's not a great movie, but worth seeing for the pre-code material and for Capra's unique style (in particular how he frames the scenes). Also starring is Ralph Bellamy, who later played one of the Duke brothers in John Landis's "Trading Places".