Forbidden (1932)

19321h 22mdir. Frank CapraUnited Statesdrama filmromance film

With Barbara Stanwyck, Adolphe Menjou, Ralph Bellamy, Charles Middleton, Claude King, Dorothy Peterson, Fred Kelsey, Henry Armetta

Directed by Frank Capra

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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