| Born to Be Bad | |
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| Directed by | Lowell Sherman |
| Written by | Ralph Graves (story and screenplay) Harrison Jacobs (continuity) |
| Produced by | Darryl F. Zanuck |
| Starring | Loretta Young Cary Grant Jackie Kelk Marion Burns |
| Cinematography | Barney McGill |
| Edited by | Maurice Wright |
| Music by | Alfred Newman |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 62 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $250,000[1] |
Born to Be Bad is a 1934 American pre-Code drama film starring Loretta Young and Cary Grant, and directed by Lowell Sherman.
This film was rejected by the Hays Office twice before it was finally approved.[2] Young's character, an unwed mother who entertains wholesale buyers to secure contracts for her friend, had to be re-written and re-filmed, so that her occupation is only hinted at. Zanuck had to cut as much as possible shots of Young in her underwear and of her legs exposed to the hips. The box-office return was poor, with a loss of $50,000.[1]
- ^ a b Solomon, Aubrey (2002). Twentieth Century-Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (p. 21). Lanham: Scarecrow Press.
- ^ Born to be Bad, tcm.com; accessed August 9, 2015.