
City Girl(1930)
A waitress from Chicago falls in love with a man from rural Minnesota and marries him, with the intent of living a better life - but life on the farm has its own challenges.


“Her Greatest Dramatic Role !”
On a cruise to Cuba, Lulu Smith falls in love with Bob Grover. Back home, she breaks off the romance when he tells her he is married. Lulu has a baby but doesn't tell Bob, who turns out to be a rising politician. She passes herself off as the baby's nanny. When Bob learns what is going on, he adopts the little girl, not telling his wife or anyone else where she came from. Lulu gets a job at a newspaper. Things get complicated when the editor gets the dirt on Bob, but also wants to marry Lulu.

Barbara Stanwyck
Lulu Smith

Adolphe Menjou
Robert Grover

Ralph Bellamy
Al Holland

Dorothy Peterson
Helen Grover

Thomas Jefferson
Wilkinson
Myrna Fresholt
Roberta - Baby

Charlotte Henry
Roberta - Age 18

Oliver Eckhardt
Briggs
Forbidden is a drama, romance film released in 1932 exploring themes of cuba, cruise, pre-code. Directed by Frank Capra, it stars Barbara Stanwyck, Adolphe Menjou, Ralph Bellamy. On a cruise to Cuba, Lulu Smith falls in love with Bob Grover. Back home, she breaks off the romance when he tells her he is married. Lulu has a baby but doesn't tell Bob, who turns out to be a rising politician. She passes herself off as the baby's nanny. When Bob learns what is going on, he adopts the little girl, not telling his wife or anyone else where she came from. Lulu gets a job at a newspaper. Things get complicated when the editor gets the dirt on Bob, but also wants to marry Lulu.
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