Forbidden (1932)

Directed by

Frank Capra

Genre

drama film, romance film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 23m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 38 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young librarian goes on a sea cruise and falls in love with a married man. She must deal with the secrets and pain of their forbidden relationship.

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What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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