Forbidden
Starring: Barbara Stanwyck, Adolphe Menjou, Ralph Bellamy
Director: Frank Capra
Writer: Jo Swerling, Fannie Hurst, Frank Capra
Producer: Harry Cohn, 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.
Trivia
- Based on Back Street (book by Fannie Hurst).
Previous Showings
3 Runs • 2 Festivals
All runs on record (3):
- May 23, 1997w/ The Miracle Woman
- January 31 - February 2, 2014Frank Capra Festivalw/ Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
- January 30 - 31, 2025The Films of Frank Capraw/ The Younger Generation