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Release Date: 1978

Cast: Susan Sarandon, Diana Scarwid, Barbara Steele, Matthew Anton, Brooke Shields, Laura Zimmerman, Keith Carradine, Antonio Fargas, Miz Mary, Susan Manskey, Frances Faye, Seret Scott ...MORE

Cast: Susan Sarandon, Diana Scarwid, Barbara Steele, Matthew Anton, Brooke Shields, Laura Zimmerman, Keith Carradine, Antonio Fargas, Miz Mary, Susan Manskey, Frances Faye, Seret Scott, Cheryl Markowitz, Gerrit Graham, Mae Mercer ...LESS

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Pretty Baby is a 1978 historical fiction drama film directed by Louis Malle. The screenplay was written by Polly Platt. The title is inspired by the Tony Jackson song, "Pretty Baby", which is used in the soundtrack. Although the film was mostly praised by critics, it was quite controversial at the time, especially for its scenes of the nude pre-teen Brooke Shields. The film is set in 1917, during the last months of legal prostitution in Storyville, the red-light district of New Orleans, Louisiana. Hattie, a prostitute working at the elegant brothel run by the elderly Madame Nell, has a... MORE

Pretty Baby is a 1978 historical fiction drama film directed by Louis Malle. The screenplay was written by Polly Platt. The title is inspired by the Tony Jackson song, "Pretty Baby", which is used in the soundtrack. Although the film was mostly praised by critics, it was quite controversial at the time, especially for its scenes of the nude pre-teen Brooke Shields. The film is set in 1917, during the last months of legal prostitution in Storyville, the red-light district of New Orleans, Louisiana. Hattie, a prostitute working at the elegant brothel run by the elderly Madame Nell, has a 12-year-old daughter Violet, who lives at the house. Hattie has also just given birth to a baby boy. When photographer Ernest J. Bellocq comes by with his camera Hattie and Violet are the only ones awake. He asks to be allowed to take photographs of the women. Madame Nell agrees if he pays. He takes many photographs of several of the prostitutes, but mostly of Hattie. His activities fascinate Violet. Nell decides that Violet is now old enough for her virginity to be auctioned. At the auction Violet is bought by an apparently quiet customer, but her first experience of sex is unpleasant. Hattie, LESS