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Baby Face (Alfred E Green, USA, 1933)

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If you’ve never seen Stanwyck in a pre-Code film, you’ve never really seen Stanwyck.
— San Francisco Chronicle

Lily Powers (Barbara Stanwyck) works as a barmaid in her father's factory-town saloon where she learns to deal with the unwanted advances of male customers. When her father dies, she moves to New York City with her maid, Chico (Theresa Harris), to become a ruthless gold digger. First she meets office boy Jimmy McCoy (a young John Wayne in an uncharacteristically clean-cut role) who helps her get a job at the Gotham Trust Company. From there, she seduces and discards various men (George Brent, Donald Cook, Henry Kolker) as she sleeps her way to the top of the company...

Earlier Event: October 15
Moby Dick (John Huston, USA, 1956)
Later Event: October 27
Tufnell Park Film Club Autumn Quiz