Born to Be Bad
Born to Be Bad is a 1934 American pre-Code drama film starring Loretta Young and Cary Grant, and directed by Lowell Sherman.
Plot
Letty Strong becomes pregnant at the age of fifteen and runs away from home. She is eventually taken in by an elderly man named Fuzzy. In due course, Strong gives birth to Mickey in the back room of Fuzzy's bookstore. Surviving life as a grifter, Letty teaches her son to be streetwise, so that he will not be mistreated like she was. All the while, Fuzzy strongly disapproves of how Letty is raising her son. At age seven, Mickey decides to skip school and wander aimlessly around town. Meanwhile, Letty earns a living by entertaining buyers in order to prop up her friend Steve Karns.
More details
| author | Ralph Graves |
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| director | Lowell Sherman |
| editor | Maurice Wright |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | audio recording country estate elderly man entertain falling in love love morning record survive |
| musicBy | Alfred Newman |
| producer | Darryl F. Zanuck |
| productionCompany | Twentieth Century Pictures |
| publisher | United Artists |
| theme | romantic drama |