Forbidden
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.
Plot
Librarian Lulu Smith shows up late to work for the first time in eight years—the victim of spring fever. Frustrated by her loneliness, she withdraws her life savings and buys a ticket for a two week romantic cruise to Havana— advertised as the "land of romance". On the ship, she meets Bob Grover, a lawyer with political ambitions, who mistook her room 66 for his room 99 after a few too many drinks. They have dinner together, and soon they develop a romantic attraction. In Havana, they spend their time together gambling, drinking, riding horses, and taking moonlit walks on the beach. When he asks why she came to Havana, she answers, "To meet you".
More details
| author | Fannie Hurst Frank Capra Jo Swerling |
|---|---|
| director | Frank Capra |
| editor | Maurice Wright |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | adopted daughter baby city editor deathbed district attorney drink engage first time gamble halloween mask marriage proposal married on the beach phone call publish rid run away secret life spring fever wait |
| producer | Frank Capra Harry Cohn |
| productionCompany | Columbia Pictures |
| publisher | Columbia Pictures |
| theme | melodrama romantic drama |