A young woman uses her body and her sexuality to help her climb the social ladder, but soon begins to wonder if her new status will ever bring her happiness.
Baby Face
Lilly (Baby Face) sleeps her way from basement speakeasy bartender, literally floor by floor, to the top floor of a New York office building. Bank sub-manager Jimmy McCoy finds her a job in the bank only to be cast aside as she hooks up with the bank's president. When he complains of not seeing her she says: "I'm working so hard I have to go to bed early every night." Written by Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
Lily Powers has to do more than serve drinks at her father's run-down speakeasy in a small industrial ! town. His death gives her the chance to get to New York. With her experience in using her looks to get her way she is soon on her way to the top, cynically stepping over her men as she no longer needs them. Written by Jeremy Perkins <jwp@aber.ac.uk>
Lily Powers has led a difficult life working in her loutish father's speakeasy in Erie, Pennsylvania, he who coerced her into prostitution since she was 14. When she is given a chance to start a new life, she is advised by Adolf Cragg, her friend and a follower of the teachings of Friedrich Nietzsche, to use her power over men to get want she wants. Moving to New York City with her friend and conspirator Chico, Lily does exactly that. She decides to sleep her way up the corporate ladder at Gotham Trust, using men the way they have used her in the past. In her quest, she not only uses those men, but ruins them in the process. Her main goal is to find the man who can best afford to provide h! er a carefree lifestyle. Things for Lily and for Gotham Trust ! itself c hange when the bank's board appoints a new company president, playboy Courtland Trenholm. Written by Huggo
Genres: Drama
Release year: 1933
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