Forbidden (1932 film)

Forbidden
Theatrical release poster
Directed byFrank Capra
Screenplay byJo Swerling
Story byFrank Capra
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyJoseph Walker
Edited byMaurice Wright
Production
company
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • January 15, 1932 (1932-01-15) (USA)
Running time
83 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Forbidden ad in The Film Daily, 1932

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.[1][2]

  1. ^ Sandra Brennan. "Forbidden (1932)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on February 16, 2013. Retrieved January 26, 2013.
  2. ^ Sklar, Robert; Zagarrio, Vito. Frank Capra: Authorship and the Studio System. Temple University Press. ISBN 978-1-4399-0489-3.