Do you remember? The Babydoll

Jamjellie

@jamjellie1689649665 · 07 Jul 2020

Do you remember? The Babydoll

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The Babydoll is originally from the film Babydoll.
The Babydoll is a often transparent nightgown, usually up to the thigh, with short pants. In the 1960s it was worn a lot. It became known by the film Babydoll from 1957

Baby Doll is a 1956 American film by Elia Kazan with in the Speelduur114

The film is based on the one-acters 27 Wagons Full of Cotton (1946) and The Unsatisfied Supper. (1948) by Tennessee Williams and is about a nineteen-year-old girl who behaves like a baby. The term 'babydoll' for a short, thin and transparent nightgown was introduced and popularized through this film. Actress Carroll Baker, who plays Baby Doll, wears such a nightgown in the film.

Although the film was approved by the Production Code Administration (PCA), (Hollywood's self-censorship for sex and drugs in films), the film was considered controversial and almost banished from cinemas. 77% of cinemas refrained from screening and the film brought only 600,000 dollars on. According to Kazan, the film didn't make a profit. There was appreciation in the form of a Golden Globe for Elia Kazan as director and a BAFTA for Eli Wallach as the most promising newcomer. There were also four Oscar nominations, which, however, were not redeemed.